There won't be any spoilers in the body of these posts, and as many of you are still reading, let's clearly mark any significant spoilers in the comments. And, speaking of, who is still reading? Who is waiting to be convinced to re-read? Who is planning to read but doesn't
The Elizabeth Taylor Centenary has celebrated four novels this year, so far. May marks our reading of A Game of Hide and Seek. Who's in? Published in 1951 in England, Elizabeth Bowen's review of the novel reads like this: "Two masterpiece love stories in our language, Persuasion and Wuthering Heights,
Must-Reads, Ongoing Personal Challenges On the twelfth and final day of My Twelve Days of Challenges, I'm bookchatting about what I affectionately but determinedly call my Must Reads. The current year's are listed here and there will be links to archived lists in the future. Classics: 1. Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace
Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel McClelland & Stewart, 1964 Virago Modern Classic No. 251 The Afterword in my McClelland & Stewart edition is written by Adele Wiseman, long-time friend of Margaret Laurence, and it contains several long excerpts from the letters exchanged between the writing friends (Adele Wiseman's The Sacrifice and Crackpot
Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God McClelland & Stewart, 1966 Rachel Cameron's List of Problems: 1. Mother 2. Work 3. Loneliness 4. Manawaka life and last, but not least, 5. Rachel Cameron. Her mother is getting older, and she not only has heart problems, but a brilliant capacity for passive-aggressive
