Category: Classic Novels
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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…
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A Few Mary Stewart Links
I thought I’d share a few links concerning Mary Stewart and her work today. I love to read posts by people who obviously appreciate and enjoy her novels: An appreciation of Mary Stewart by the author Jo Walton. The Multnomah County Library in Oregon blogged about her novels in June. Book Riot also posted about Stewart’s…
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Mary Stewart Giveaway {Closed}
Today I’m giving away one copy of Thornyhold, the first of Mary Stewart’s novels that I read and that endeared me to her writing. It is one of her supernatural tales and is full of romance and suspense. Though a bit slower paced than her earlier books it is still lovely and as smart and enchantingly written…
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It’s Mary Stewart Reading Week 2014
Hello and welcome to the second annual Mary Stewart Reading Week. This week is dedicated to reading the novels of Lady Mary Stewart who sadly passed away in May. I started reading her books back in December 2012 and have thoroughly enjoyed every one that I’ve read. I’ve only read her suspense novels, but I…
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Just Read Elizabeth Taylor
I don’t know what it is about Elizabeth Taylor, but her books completely hypnotize me. I should always turn to her when I am in a reading slump because her writing jolts me right out of the funk. I started The Soul of Kindness a couple of Saturdays ago, finished it the following Monday and could barely…
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The Easter Parade by Richard Yates
After reading Revolutionary Road last summer I felt great interest in reading more of Richard Yates’ startling novels. However, as these things go, it has taken me almost a year to read The Easter Parade, my second of his books. Just like Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade sucks you into the hyper-realistic world of a dysfunctional…
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Book Group: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Last month my book group discussed The Daughter of Time, a 1951 mystery novel with a twist. Inspector Grant is in the hospital with a back injury, bored out of his mind, when a friend brings him an intriguing case: Did Richard III really murder his young nephews, the famous “Princes in the Tower”? Using…
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Pulitzer Project: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
In looking for a place to start with American women writers I decided the best place to begin would be to read the books from my own shelves (which I will do), however I also thought it would be interesting to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winning novels or short story collections written by women.…
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A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor
The very first paper I wrote in college was on the story ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’. I don’t remember what I wrote, but I do remember that I attributed the story to Eudora Welty throughout the paper, earning the wrath of my professor! Thankfully, I was able to laugh it off and…
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New Arrivals
I haven’t bought many books lately because I was saving all my pennies for Italy, but since I’m now not going until October I decided to buy the recent Angela Thirkell reprints. I blame Claire for this splurge as she recently featured these lovely books on her blog and I decided I had to have…
A Certain Fondness 