A Certain Fondness

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  • Mini Thoughts on Recent Reads

      An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym – The sixth Barbara Pym I read in 2012 centers on a group of  unattached characters who all loosely connect through church or work. Ianthe Broom is a librarian in her late thirties who moves into a North London neighborhood and becomes entangled in the lives of the vicar…

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  • It Might Be a While

    It might be a while before I blog again, friends. I am completely uninspired right now and I am suffering from a major case of the blahs. My brain feels like this picture – full of dirt and debris – when it comes to writing about books. I am reading and I have really enjoyed…

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  • My Favorite Books of 2012

    Here we are, nearly at the end of another year. It seems like yesterday that I was choosing my favorite books of 2011. I didn’t think I was going to do a year end post for 2012 because, to be honest, I just haven’t been interested in blogging lately. I’ve been waiting it out, hoping…

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  • Merry Christmas!

      Merry Christmas! I wish you all a wonderful day with family and friends, good food and good will. “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds…

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  • The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin

    This is a Virago that I’ve had for a few years and finally grabbed off the shelf one night when I was in the mood for a mystery. It is set in the late ’50’s, in a middle-class London neighborhood and focuses on Louise Henderson, the mother of two school-age girls and a baby, Michael.…

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  • Cover Collection: A Room With a View

    1. Penguin Essentials // 2. Vintage Classics // 3. Penguin Books 4. Max Literary Classics // 5. Penguin Classics // 6. Hodder & Stoughton A Room With a View is one of my favorite novels. I have read it several times and adore the story of Lucy Honeychurch and her love for George Emerson. It is…

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  • No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym

    No Fond Return of Love is another enjoyable Pym novel, but has elements that were slightly surprising to me after having previously read four of her more conventional novels. It was published in 1961 and has the feel and flavor of that era – I think Pym was really trying to ‘modernize’ her characters and…

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  • Recent Arrivals

    I’ve received a few treats in the mail lately, some really exciting books that I’m so happy to add to my library. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel – I’ve seen lots of positive posts on this in the blogosphere and since I love Wolf Hall, I thought I would give it a…

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  • Beautiful Lies by Clare Clark

    There are few things better than a good neo-Victorian novel, so I was really looking forward to this book set in London in the 1880’s. I’d never read Clare Clark before, but I’d heard from patrons at the library that her novels are full of rich historical details. Beautiful Lies definitely had that, but I…

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  • A Christmas Memory Giveaway Winner

    Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway! It is my pleasure to spread a little Christmas cheer and I hope, even if you didn’t win, that you’ll find a copy of A Christmas Memory at a library or bookstore to read during the holidays. And now, on to the winner. Congratulations to: Lisa, I…

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