pickA friend late for coffee. Held up by neighbour with all the news of our street. I call the woman The Newspaper of Egina St. Which lead me to thinking of above book. Thought I‘d read it again. It‘s a delight. Published in 1981 by our local press . This copy given to me in 1987 by partner at the start of our relationship. So has special place in my heart for many reasons. An Aussie classic for sure. ❤️
I tried adulting today with other adults. It didn't go well. Social anxiety? Situational stress? Neurodivergent overload? Take your pick! I bailed and came home again.
No more adulting today: books, cat, coffee and noodles it is (which, tbh, looks similar to what I would have been doing otherwise, but now with added mental exhaustion!)
pickThis tale of a group of genteel elderly people seeing out their days in a shabby London hotel is funny and sad in equal measure. The unlikely friendship of widowed Mrs Palfrey and young would be writer, Ludo, makes for a subtle way of illustrating the social divide of 1960s Britain - the last vestiges of the colonial empire and the youth culture of Swinging London. I loved it.
pickCharming and absolutely morbid at the same time, Comyns‘ small book cheerfully details the deferred dreams, vanities and mundane comings and goings of an eclectic country family as the rural village surrounding them succumbs to the madness of a mass ergot poisoning. Based on a true account that she read in a local newspaper, the author is superb at blending, what David Auerbach in “Waggish” calls, “the pastoral and the horrific.”
pickI loved this 1924 novel set in rural Shropshire during the Napoleonic wars when Christian faith and folk beliefs mingled. Prue is a wonderful heroine and the descriptions of the natural world were stunning.
Another one down for #192025. Only four more to go!
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pickI loved this delightful novel about the life of the upper class in countryside England. It‘s deftly written, with a turn of phrase and wonderful dry sense of humour that reminded me of P. G. Wodehouse (high praise) and the Folio edition has a forward by Jilly Cooper. A woman‘s view of 1920s Britain, parenting, class snobbery & the Feminists. And laugh-out-loud funny. Thoroughly enjoyable, I recommend it!
pick4⭐️ I like Celia Dale; I‘m already collecting her other titles published by Daunt Books. This one here is so refreshing. A gentle crime novel that is not too creepy, just a tad disturbing. How did she do that? I love it!
