It’s here! Welcome to The 1951 Club – this post will be where I round up everybody’s reviews of books published in 1951, whether fiction, non-fiction, or anything in between. Just pop a link in the comments.
It’s also (though this was not deliberate) the 10th birthday for Stuck in a Book. That’s right – 10 April 2007 saw me take a break from revising for my undergraduate finals and decide to start a book blog. It’s been rather strange and wonderful since then, and has led to far more than I could have dreamt of – but it’s also rooted in the shared love of books and online community that something like the 1951 Club embodies.
When I picked these dates out of the air last October, I hadn’t appreciated that it would be Easter this week… that means it might be rather busy for me; I’m still hoping to do lots of reading and reviewing, and gathering up reviews, but I don’t think I’ll have time to do links for older posts. But please do still do your own posts, rounding up all the 1951 reviews you’ve already had on your blog!
Happy reading!
Congratulations on your blog birthday!
Happy blog birthday and happy Easter! I keep meaning to link up but life gets in the way, but I do enjoy reading the other reviews.
Happy Blog Birthday, Simon!
I’m currently reading (and loving) Nancy Mitford’s The Blessing.
What a wonderful blog birthday – many happy returns Simon! And onward and upward with 1951!
Congratulations on your 10th blog birthday. Keep aming high.
Happy blog birthday Simon. I have finished though not reviewed They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie- it was so good. Now reading Tempest-Tost by Robertson Davies.
Congratulations on your blog anniversary! I read Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson for the 1951 club. Here is my link: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/day-1063-the-1951-club-hangsaman/
I’m in the middle of Murder Comes First by Frances & Richard Lockridge. I will also have a wrap-up link for all the 1951 books I’ve read on the blog [coming soon].
Oh, and Happy blogiversary! I’m coming up on my seventh year in just a couple days.
Oh, and Happy blogiversary! I’m coming up on my seventh year in just a couple days. My apologies for the two links above (I clicked enter when I shouldn’t have). I am “Anonymous” and “B.” :-)
Happy Blog Birthday! I’ really looking forward to reading all the posts for the 1951 Club this week :-)
Happy blog birthday, Simon! Here’s my review of Georgette Heyer’s The Quiet Gentleman,
http://tinyurl.com/kjv48wt
I’ve also read Michael Gilbert’s Death has Deep Roots & hope to review it later in the week.
My retro-post, featuring previous reviews: https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-1951-club.html
Today’s Review: A Grave Case of Murder by Roger Bax
Thank goodness you found your undergraduate revisiting boring! :)
My review for ‘My Cousin Rachel’ which renews my enthusiasm for du Maurier all over again (btw am a huge French pirate fan too).
https://bagfullofbooks.com/2017/04/11/my-cousin-rachel-by-daphne-du-maurier-for-the-1951bookclub/
Happy 10 years, Simon! I’ve been reading your posts for most of those and appreciate your unique views and the lovely books you’ve brought into my life.
Happy blog birthday for yesterday Simon! 10 whole years!
I was going to re-read The Daughter of Time which I first read in March 2007 – just before I began my blog – but I ran out of time! And now I don’t think I can fit it in for the 1951 Club week – but I shall re-read it sometime as I loved it.
Here are my links to older posts:
My review of My Cousin Rachel is in one of my older posts on a run of Du Maurier’s books I read a few years ago – http://www.booksplease.org/2012/04/17/daphne-du-maurier-fact-and-fiction/
They Came To Baghdad by Agatha Christie – http://www.booksplease.org/2011/11/04/they-came-to-baghdad-by-agatha-christie-a-book-review/
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – http://www.booksplease.org/2012/05/26/classics-challenge-may-prompt-literary-movement/
I’ve just rehashed an old review – hoping to do an new one by the end of the week. Here’s the link:
http://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2017/04/a-game-of-hide-and-seek-1951.html
Happy blog birthday! Reading Elizabeth Taylor’s A Game of Hide and Seek and loving it
Happy Blogoversary and an early Happy Easter. I just finished Nicholas Monsarrat’s The Cruel Sea, and my Goodness, what a book!!
https://mybookstrings.com/2017/04/11/the-cruel-sea-lets-add-corvettes-and-u-boats-to-the-1951-club/
Hi Simon,
Happy blog birthday – I’ve just reviewed Lost Children by Edith Pargeter (keep wanting to type Parteger for some reason) aka Ellis Peters here: https://brieferthanliteralstatement.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/lost-children-edith-pargeter.html
thanks
Victoria H
I’ve been reading something that was translated in 1951. Hope that counts http://desperatereader.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-invisible-collection-buchmendel.html
Even if it doesn’t Stefan Zweig still worth getting excited about
One more for today: Murder Comes First by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Here’s my review of My Cousin Rachel. I look forward to reading all the other reviews:
https://emeraldcitybookreview.com/2017/04/my-cousin-rachel.html
And happy blog birthday, and happy Easter! Thanks for all you do.
For The 1951 Club, I read They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie:
https://monicasbookishlife.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-1951-club-they-came-to-baghdad-by.html
Happy Blogiversary to you and your wonderful blog!
And another one here: https://brieferthanliteralstatement.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/a-woman-surgeon-l-martindale-for-1951.html
A Woman Surgeon, by L Martindale (Dr Louisa Martindale)
thanks,
Victoria H
Here’s my post about Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert which also has a few more links to reviews on the blog.
http://tinyurl.com/mh2fj4w
Happy anniversary, Simon. Here’s a link to my review of Olivia Manning’s School for Love, which I loved. Many thanks for co-hosting another of these fascinating clubs.
https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/school-for-love-by-olivia-manning/
Happy blogversary Simon and Happy Easter! I have reviewed Heinlein’s The Puppet Masters. This is my first time joining in. Thanks for making this happen!
http://ruthiellareads.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-1951-club-puppet-masters-by-robert.html
Here’s another review – of The Daughter of Time http://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2017/04/the-daughter-of-time-by-josephine-tey-1951-club.html
I’ve had a great time doing this for the first time. I’m so glad it introduced me to my pick “Come in Spinner” – not sure I would’ve picked it up otherwise. So thanks!
http://wordsandleaves.com/come-in-spinner/
I’ve joined in with the large number of readers encountering Elizabeth Taylor’s A Game of Hide and Seek this week. I’ve found it a wonderful read, eminently quotable. Thanks for the push to finally read it!
Here you go, The Loved and Envied by Enid Bagnold, 1951. https://leavesandpages.com/2017/04/16/a-primer-on-aging-gracefully-the-loved-and-envied-by-enid-bagnold/
And Happy Easter!
I read A Game of Hide and Seek for the 1951 club and loved the book so much! Thanks for hosting this amazing read along, Simon.
Here is the link – http://www.thebooksatchel.com/game-hide-seek-elizabeth-taylor/
I cannot wait to know the next year that will be picked
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Happy Blog Birthday! So many appealing choices from 1951: I am partial to They Came to Baghdad but thought a children’s book would be a good addition to the offerings so reviewed a children’s classic: All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
http://perfectretort.blogspot.com/2017/04/all-of-kind-family-book-review.html
I love the sound of this Book Club!