(Firstly, sorry to people who get emailed all my posts – you’ll just have received my ‘about me’, because I realised I didn’t have one and wanted to link to it in the sidebar. But nice to meet you all, even if you’ve been reading for 13 years!)
And what a great 1956 Club it’s been! Even if I kept writing 1965 by mistake – hopefully none of those slipped through.
You can see links to all the reviews here (let me know if I’ve missed any). An amazing variety, and SO many authors I haven’t heard of. We’ve checked our usual club regulars of Georgette Heyer and Agatha Christie, but the usually-reliable Georges Simenon didn’t make an appearance!
From my own reading, I’m so glad it motivated me to pick up Tea at Four O’Clock by Janet McNeill, which is likely to be one of my best reads of the year.
Thanks so much for joining in! Karen and I are always so thrilled at the turnout.
Over to you!
We’ll be holding another club next April – and we’re asking for suggestions. As long as we haven’t done it before, and it’s between 1920 and 1980, then it’s up for grabs.
As a reminder, we’ve previously done: 1920, 1924, 1930, 1938, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1956, 1965, 1968, 1977
Pop your suggestion in the comments, and why you’re suggesting it, and Karen and I will chat and make a choice!
Hi Simon, I tried to post a review but was unsuccessful. Can you walk those of us who may be techno-challenged through the process? I have so enjoyed getting all the wonderful suggestions and being introduced to writers I haven’t read!
Ah, well you can just put the whole thing in a comment here, or put a link if you’ve reviewed on GoodReads etc.!
I wasn’t prepared to participate in time this time around. Do you announce it in advance usually? (I’m new around here.)
Welcome! Yes, we normally choose it shortly after the previous club, so there is technically a six-month advance notice – but also remind people in the weeks coming up to it too.
I’ve joined this particular party very late, but am looking forward to getting involved next time. I’ll have a think about a Winning Year!
I’ve written a long comment with a suggestion for 1936 as the next year on Kaggsy’s blog. But I really enjoyed this one and thank you so much for organising!
I have four unread books for 1936, so I would love that!
The clubs are fun and I always very much enjoy the reviews (and the glimpses into others’ reading choices). I hope next spring to be organized enough to participate!
I’ve proposed 1973 on Kaggsy’s blog as it’s the decade you haven’t done 2 yrs from, and I was a 1970s teen, so a lot of formative reading experiences went on around then.
Lots of interesting suggestions already! So exciting!
1953 looks like it has a good mixture of books to choose from, and it was the year my husband was born.
I second Annabel’s vote for 1973, or really any other year from the 1970s to help even up the distribution among decades. Looking forward to hearing what you pick!
I would suggest If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino because it is the most “weird” book I ever read. Not weird as in not good, just very different from any book I read.
But you can find more suggestions in my list: A Century of Books.
Happy Reading!
I also think a book from the 70s would be nice, because it’s probably the 20th century decade most underrepresented on my shelves, and I would like to see what everyone reads and recommends so I can amend that.
A year from the 70s, even!
So 1936 is next! I have already identified several books I could repost, and a couple I want to read expressly for the club in April. Great year! (I didnt find so much to love in 1956 btw).
Caroline