Category: 1960’s Fiction

• The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart

  Urged on by several people, including Lisa, I decided to read The Ivy Tree as my first Mary Stewart book of the week. And I’m so glad I did. It is a page-turning, twisty, corker of a novel that I binge read in just a couple of days. It would be a great place to…

  Anbolyn

  September 18, 2014

  1960’s Fiction, Classic Novels, Novels Set in England, Suspense Fiction, Uncategorized

  Mary Stewart

• 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…

  Anbolyn

  December 13, 2012

  1960’s Fiction, Classic Novels, Uncategorized

  Barbara Pym

• The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

  Well, I’m just moving right along with Mary Stewart. The Moonspinners is the fourth novel I’ve read by her since December and I think it just might be my favorite so far. It is set in Greece and it is fast-paced, sexy, and suspenseful. Nicola Ferris works for the British Embassy in Athens. It’s Easter…

  Anbolyn

  May 10, 2012

  1960’s Fiction, Classic Novels, Uncategorized

  Mary Stewart