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Taking a Small Break
I am going to be taking a small break from blogging, perhaps one or two weeks. I have been feeling physically unwell for months now and am trying to figure out what I need to do to improve my health. My main complaint is extreme exhaustion to the point of only being able to drag…
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‘The truest friend we have’
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate…
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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…
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A Struggle
Remember back in March when I posted a passionate pledge to read more novels by American women? At the time, I was very determined to commit the rest of 2012 to exploring and reading American writing. Well, just two short months later I feel that I am completely off-course and am struggling to find any…
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Birthday Giveaway Winner
Thank you to everyone who entered the birthday giveaway and to all of you who offered good wishes on my first birthday! Mabel and Flora will now announce the winner of the giveaway: Congratulations to Miss Bibliophile! Miss Bibliophile, please contact me at gudrunstightsatgmaildotcom with your address so I can send you your new postcard…
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The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
The Song of the Lark is my second Cather this year and has all the elements that I love about Cather novels. The Western landscape is of major importance in the novel and nature as a healer and balm for the human soul is here also. There is also a focus on immigrants and…
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Gudrun’s Tights 1st Birthday Giveaway! (closed)
Hip, hip, hooray! Gudrun’s Tights is 1 today! I have so enjoyed writing this blog for the past year and getting to meet so many of you wonderful readers. Blogging is one of the greatest joys of my life and it is all because of you! I do enjoy writing about books and my literary…
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Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
I’ll always be grateful to Simon and Harriet for proposing and promoting Muriel Spark Reading Week. Because of the event I got the chance to read a fantastic, funny and invigorating novel. So, thanks, guys! Memento Mori is set in London in the ’50’s and the plot centers around a group of elderly…
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Classics Challenge {April}
Do you judge a book by its cover? Me too! I love cover art and am convinced that my reading experience is more pleasurable and rewarding when the book I am reading has a beautiful cover. This month’s Classics Challenge prompt has us looking at the cover design of our current classic. Friends, I am…
A Certain Fondness 