I’m delighted that the 1962 Club is here – join Karen and me in reading and reviewing books from 1962. Any language, format, genre – we’d love to build up a picture of 1962 between us. We’ve been doing these club years for such a long time now, and it’s always a highlight of my reading/blogging year.
If you have a blog/GoodReads/Instagram or wherever you write reviews, pop a link in the comments. If you don’t, feel free to write your review in the comments.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Harriet Devine
She Reads Novels
Portrait in Brownstone by Louis Auchincloss
A Hot Cup of Pleasure
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Pining for the West
1streading’s Blog
An End To Running by Lynne Reid Banks
Stuck in a Book
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassini
Lizzy’s Literary Life
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
Buried in Print
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
746 Books
Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown
The Captive Reader
The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
1streading’s Blog
Unlawful Occasions by Henry Cecil
Literary Potpourri
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings
My Book Trunk
Sarah Matthews
The World in Winter by John Christopher
Calmgrove
The Twelve and the Genii by Pauline Clarke
Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home
The Double Heart by Lettice Cooper
Stuck in a Book
The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton
AnnaBookBel
Pining for the West
The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany
Elle Thinks
The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
Dominika on GoodReads
Whistle for the Crows by Dorothy Eden
A Hot Cup of Pleasure
The Reivers by William Faulkner
What Me Read
The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
Mr Kaggsy
The Case of the Reluctant Model by Erle Stanley Gardener
Literary Potpourri
Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn by Eve Garnett
Fanda Classiclit
Scones and Chaise Longues
Hissing Tales by Romain Gary
1st Reading’s
The Cactus and the Crown by Catherine Gavin
A Hot Cup of Pleasure
The Weather at Tregulla by Stella Gibbons
Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home
Fanda Classiclit
No Dust in the Attic by Anthony Gilbert
A Hot Cup of Pleasure
An Error of Judgement by Pamela Hansford Johnson
HeavenAli
The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
She Reads Novels
Staircase Wit
The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
746 Books
Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery
My Reader’s Block
Kirkland Rivals by Victoria Holt
Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
What Me Read
Biisbooks
Cover Her Face by P.D. James
Fanda Classiclit
Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson
Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings
A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley
Gallimaufrey Book Studio
Due to a Death by Mary Kelly
She Reads Novels
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings
Winston’s Dad
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Words and Peace
A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre
Entering the Enchanted Castle
What Me Read
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Let’s Read
Mine for Keeps by Jean Little
Staircase Wit
Death & Chicanery by Philip MacDonald
My Reader’s Block
Autumn Quail by Naguib Mahfouz
Winston’ s Dad
Combat of Shadows by Manohar Malgonkar
A Hot Cup of Pleasure
Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh
HeavenAli
Typings
Sarah Matthews via Mastodon
Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima
Words and Peace
The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer
What Me Read
Something Wholesale by Eric Newby
Bitter Tea and Mystery
The Courage of His Convictions by Tony Parker and Robert Allerton
Somewhere Boy
A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce
Somewhere Boy
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath
Scones and Chaises Longues
The Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Morte d’Urban by J. F. Powers
Typings
Do It Yourself Doom by Stephen Prickett
Briefer Than Literal Statement
Close of Play by Simon Raven
Somewhere Boy
The Colours of the Night by Catherine Ross
Neglected Books
It’s Perfectly Easy by Mary Scott
The Captive Reader
Martha in Paris by Margery Sharp
Dominika on GoodReads
The Wells of St. Mary’s by R.C. Sherriff
HeavenAli
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse by Georges Simenon
Literary Potpourri
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Typings
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denosovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Literary Potpourri
Dominika on GoodReads
Fletcher’s End by D.E. Stevenson
Staircase Wit
The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart
Scones and Chaises Longues
Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild
Somewhere Boy
Bag Full of Books
Gambit by Rex Stout
Bitter Tea and Mystery
A Cat in the Window by Derek Tangye
Stuck in a Book
The Will of the Tribe by Arthur W. Upfield
My Reader’s Block
Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson
My Reader’s Block
Witch of the Glens by Sally Watson
Staircase Wit
Conversation of Three Wayfarers by Peter Weiss
Winston’s Dad
Chips with Everything by Arnold Wesker
Somewhere Boy
The Points of My Compass by E.B. White
The Captive Reader
Birds by Judith Wright
Brona’s Books
The Clue of the Dead Duck by Scott Young
The Dusty Bookcase
Red Cats by various
Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings
My first book for the club is a crime fiction: Cover Her Face by P.D. James: https://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2023/10/cover-her-face-1962-by-pd-james-1962club.html
Here’s my review of The Wolves of Willoughby Place by Joan Aiken.
https://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2023/10/the-wolves-of-willoughby-chase-by-joan-aiken-1962.html
Am I allowed to post a link to a blog about a 1962 novel that I wrote a few years back? It’s about the little-known The Small Mine by Menna Gallie: https://oldgeezerrereadingblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/january-2020-re-reading-menna-gallie/
Here’s mine! https://ellethinks.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/the-jewels-of-aptor-1962club/
I haven’t blogged for ages, so I’m cheating with a copy of an old post on We Have Always Lived in the Castle. https://mybooktrunk.blogspot.com/2023/10/we-have-always-lived-in-castle.html
Here’s my review of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/review-2251-1962-club-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/
Here’s my first of hopefully three, Stella Gibbons’ “The Weather at Tregulla” https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/book-review-stella-gibbons-the-weather-at-tregulla-1962club/
Hi
Here’s my first read: Whistle for the Crows by Dorothy Eden
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/1962-club-whistle-for-the-crows-by-dorothy-eden/
First for the club (and very appropriate for Halloween month): Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery: https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/alfred-hitchcocks-ghostly-gallery.html
Here is my review of Gambit, a Nero Wolfe mystery by Rex Stout.
https://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/10/1962club-gambit-by-rex-stout.html
I’ve got one. Isaac Bashevis Singer’s The Slave
http://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2023/10/isaac-bashevis-singers-slave-1962club.html
Thanks for hosting!
Here’s my review of Due to a Death by Mary Kelly:
https://shereadsnovels.com/2023/10/17/due-to-a-death-by-mary-kelly-1962club/
Book #2: Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson
https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/hopjoy-was-here.html
And another one! The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, by Agatha Christie. I didn’t like this as much as Karen did. https://mybooktrunk.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-mirror-crackd-from-side-to-side.html
I’m excited to participate this year! I reviewed Margery Sharp’s Martha in Paris here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5602403060
Here’s my review of A Murder of Quality by John Le Carré:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2023/10/17/review-2252-1962-club-a-murder-of-quality/
Second:
Portrait in Brownstone by Louis Auchincloss
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/10/17/1962-club-portrait-in-brownstone-by-louis-auchincloss/
My review of A Murder of Quality: https://enterenchanted.com/1962club-a-murder-of-quality/
I read an Australian poetry book for The 1962 Club – Judith Wright’s Birds.
https://bronasbooks.com/2023/10/18/birds-judith-wright-auspoetry/
These clubs are the only things that actually get me to write reviews these days! Here’s my first book: https://thecaptivereader.com/2023/10/17/its-perfectly-easy-mary-scott/
Me too Claire! It makes me realise I should spend more time on the blog.
My 2nd entry: Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn by Eve Garnett https://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-holiday-at-dew-drop-inn-1962-by-eve.html
My mother’s entry (posted Monday): https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/guest-post-book-review-the-case-of-the-reluctant-model-by-erle-stanley-gardener-1962club/
And my first one: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2023/10/17/book-review-unlawful-occasions-1962-by-henry-cecil-1962club/
I have two: Mine for Keeps by Jean Little: https://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2023/10/mine-for-keeps-by-jean-little-1962club.html
and Fletchers End by D.E. Stevenson:
https://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2023/10/fletchers-end-by-de-stevenson-1962club.html
Thanks again for hosting this awesome project.
My post today contains 2 reviews:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2023/10/18/book-reviews-for-the-1962-club/
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
Third:
the Cactus and the Crown by Catherine Gavin
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/10/18/1962-the-cactus-and-the-crown-by-catherine-gavin/
Hi Simon.
I read and reviewed Do It Yourself Doom by Stephen Prickett.
My post is here: https://brieferthanliteralstatement.blogspot.com/2023/10/do-it-yourself-doom-stephen-prickett.html
Second entry: Ngaio Marsh’s Hand in Glove
http://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2023/10/ngaio-marshs-hand-in-glove-1962club.html
I am currently reading “A Wrinkle in Time for my challenge which also contains more suggestions.
And here is my review. Thanks for all you do for this.
Do you need my link like this?
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/lengle-madeleine-wrinkle-in-time.html
Pauline Clarke’s “The Twelve and the Genii” from me: https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/book-review-pauline-clarke-the-twelve-and-the-genii-1962club/
Here’s my review of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken:
https://shereadsnovels.com/2023/10/19/the-wolves-of-willoughby-chase-by-joan-aiken-1962club/
My second review: The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4936472605
Here’s my review of The Pumpkin Eater by Penelope Mortimer:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/review-2253-1962-club-the-pumpkin-eater/
Hi Simon
This is my first 1962 review:
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/10/for-1962-club-moonspinners-by-mary.html
Thanks for organising this again, I always enjoy both choosing the books and seeing what everyone else has found.
Rosemary
This is my overview post of the 1962 books I have on my TBR, my 1962 Book of the Year (currently reading) and other books I might have read if I had access to a copy. https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/1962-club-books-an-overview
Third 1962 book: Death & Chicanery by Philip MacDonald
https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/death-chicanery.html
One more: J. F. Powers’ Morte d’Urban
https://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2023/10/j-f-powers-morte-durban.html
Thanks!
My 3rd and last entry: The Weather at Tregulla by Stella Gibbons
https://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-weather-at-tregulla-1962-by-stella.html
Here is my review of Something Wholesale, a memoir by Eric Newby.
https://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/10/1962club-something-wholesale-by-eric.html
Another one! https://thecaptivereader.com/2023/10/19/the-points-of-my-compass-e-b-white/
My second pick: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/book-review-one-day-in-the-life-of-ivan-denisovich-by-alexander-solzhenitsyn/
Here’s my review of The Reivers by William Faulkner: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/review-2254-1962-club-the-reivers/
Here’s my review of the novel A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley: https://gallimaufrybookstudio.com/a-different-drummer-william-melvin-kelley-1962club/
Here is my second book Simon. I am glad to say I enjoyed it much more than the first one (but then I knew I would, I must’ve read it dozens of times.)
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/10/for-1962club-holiday-at-dew-drop-inn-by.html
My third pick, Maigret: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2023/10/21/book-review-maigret-and-the-good-people-at-montparnasse-1962-by-georges-simenon-and-translated-by-ros-schwartz-1962club/
Here is a third from me Simon, though as I mention in the review, I’m now not exactly sure why I thought this collection was published in 1962! But at least four of the stories in it were, so I hope that will be OK?
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/10/for-1962club-johnny-panic-and-bible-of.html
4th 1962 Book: The Will of the Tribe by Arthur W. Upfield
https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-will-of-tribe.html
Fabulous! So many authors I don’t even know about! What a treasure
The Colours of the Night, by Catherine Ross (Betty Beaty)
https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=10015
Third and last review for me. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5889396197
The only book that matters from 1962: https://thecaptivereader.com/2023/10/21/sex-and-the-single-girl-helen-gurley-brown/
Here are The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer (we had to have a Heyer, right?) http://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-nonesuch-by-georgette-heyer-for.html
and
Witch of the Glens by Sally Watson
http://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2023/10/witch-of-glens-by-sally-watson-1962club.html
Thanks for a fun week!
My review for Noel Streatfeild’s Apple Bough.
Many thanks Simon for organising this!
https://bagfullofbooks.com/2023/10/22/apple-bough-by-noel-streatfeild-for-1962club/
My last read for the club: No Dust in the Attic
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/10/22/1962-club-no-dust-in-the-attic-by-anthony-gilbert/
Also this: Combat of Shadows by Manohar Malgonkar
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/forgotten-classic-of-1962-combat-of-shadows-by-manohar-malgonkar/
Thanks for hosting.
My final review – The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer.
https://shereadsnovels.com/2023/10/22/the-nonesuch-by-georgette-heyer-1962club/
I love Georgette Heyer–both her regency romances and her mysteries!
The last of my 1962 books: Body Blow by Kenneth Hopkins
https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/body-blow.html
This was such a great year. I read and reviewed The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick https://witchyreading.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/the-man-in-the-high-castle-1962club/ and Cover Her Face by P D James https://witchyreading.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/the-man-in-the-high-castle-1962club/
I’m late, but I reviewed “Les bagages de sable” by Anna Langfus (1962) which was awarded the Goncourt Prize that year
https://kinshipofallspecies.wordpress.com/2023/10/23/les-bagages-de-sable-anna-langfus-1962/
My second post for 1962 Club is apparently the third for a beloved children’s classic, Apple Bough.
https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/23/apple-bough-noel-streatfeild-1962-club-travelling-shoes
Tomorrow I hope to add my thoughts on Explosion in a Cathedral, which I’m only halfway through, but that’s enough to tell me it’s brilliant!
My third disgracefully late post for the #1962Club is on Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier. I haven’t finished the book, but it is fantastic! https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/25/explosion-in-a-cathedral-1962-by-alejo-carpentier-john-sturrock-translator
I came here looking for the new club year and saw I’d never given you my review link
https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2023/10/23/1962-club-review-the-slave-by-isaac-bashevis-singer/