First things first – your reminder that the 1962 Club is coming up around the corner! Join in a week of reading books published in 1962 and share your thoughts wherever you share bookish thoughts online. Looking forward to it!
Ok, onto the usual miscellany…
1.) The blog post – I always love Jacqui’s thematic round-ups, and the most recent is on monstrous women. Go and enjoy her excellent suggestions, and throw in your own…
2.) The book – have I mentioned Stories for Winter, the next British Library Women Writers anthology? It comes out in a few weeks and I think it’s a really good selection of stories. Find out a little more on the only link I could find.
3.) The link – I really enjoyed the latest episode of Risking Enchantment – a podcast about art, culture and faith – which looks at two books I love and what they tell us about how to be on holiday: The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff and The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Listen here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
I’m sure about two of my choices for 1962, and better buck up settling on the third. Looking forward to the week.
So looking forward to 1962! :D
I’m looking forward to the Stories (hope a copy arrives soon) and also 1962 Week – I have a book lined up already from Dean Street Press!
I have a small pile of 1962 books and am looking forward to the week. I am also enjoying the podcast; The Enchanted April and A Fortnight in September are such lovely books. I really enjoyed both of them. Thanks for the link.
Many thanks for sharing a link to my monstrous women post, Simon, so very kind of you – I’m glad you enjoyed it, too! And that’s great news about the forthcoming Stories for Winter anthology, definitely something to look forward to as the nights are drawing in!
I really enjoyed your post on monstrous women Jacqui, especially having read some of the books you picked out.
I had a feeling 1962 would be a sparse year in my personal books catalogue (some 1400 books on my shelves) and I was right:
CanLit – Finch’s Fortune by Mazo de la Roche
Romance – The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer
Crime & Suspense – The Moon-spinners by Mary Stewart
Middlebrow – Fletchers End by D E Stevenson
Not even an Agatha Christie or PGW, of which I have many.
And that is it.
Among my catalogue of books read, 2010-2023 (so far), the ONLY book I can add is
Something Wholesale by Eric Newby.
What can this mean? I’m looking forward to what pops up in this reading year.
All the Jalna books are a blur in my mind, except for the first and last, although I read the whole series a few years back. Did you know there are abridged versions of some of them, I had no idea!
Ah The Mirror Crack’d seems to be Agatha’s 1962 book – there’s always one!
I have read The Mirror Crack’d and. Ngaio Marsh, Hand in Glove, so far. Now moving on to Enid Blyton Five Have a Mystery to Solve, followed by Joan Aiken The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Nabakov’s Pale Fire to finish with. Nicely varied I think.
Thank you for recommending Illyrian Spring. I ordered it immediately and I am loving it. Love your podcast – keep up the good work.
It’s a terrific year: I’ve got an ILL for one book but had others in mind as well (and it’s not yet arrived, so I’d best have a look at the others). Hope you and yours are keeping well!
*frown* There is no way I’m going to be ready for this because I’ve only got four books for 1962 and all of them are loooong, and I haven’t even started yet.
I will do my best, but expect me to be late!
Oops, I pressed send before adding my name…
*frown* There is no way I’m going to be ready for this because I’ve only got four books for 1962 and all of them are loooong, and I haven’t even started yet.
I will do my best, but expect me to be late!
Haha, good to know!
I’m really looking forward to this and have already chosen my 1962 book. If anyone wants some inspiration, here are some more.
Thanks for sharing!