Daphne Du Maurier Reading Week and Other Overdue Reports

2021-08-13T11:32:55-04:00

This year I re-directed my focus away from a couple of years of determinedly reading from backlists (so that new books comprised only about 30% of my reading) back to freshly published and forthcoming books.* What I hadn’t anticipated was how delicately I would need to balance my library

Daphne Du Maurier Reading Week and Other Overdue Reports2021-08-13T11:32:55-04:00

Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net (1954) and The Sandcastle (1957)

2018-01-29T17:02:50-05:00

The winter months are good reading months for me, especially when snug indoors with a view of the snowy cityscape. I've been reading more than I've been reviewing here, so here's a peek into the recent stacks. Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net (1954) and The Sandcastle (1957) were read with

Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net (1954) and The Sandcastle (1957)2018-01-29T17:02:50-05:00

Mazo de la Roche’s Whiteoak Brothers (1954)

2017-10-27T09:48:07-04:00

It's no secret that Mazo de la Roche loved to read. So, we have sassy young Adeline pulling out a book on the ship which takes her from Ireland to the wilds of what-would-soon-be-Canada. There's at least one literary reference in each of the volumes, and sometimes these are endowed with

Mazo de la Roche’s Whiteoak Brothers (1954)2017-10-27T09:48:07-04:00

Mavis Gallant’s “The Legacy” (1954)

2017-07-24T18:10:57-04:00

Inheritance: a common literary theme. Here, Mrs. Boldescu has died, leaving behind four grown children and a family grocery shop on St. Eulalie Street in Montreal: “Rumania Fancy Groceries". Small shops in 1935, imagine "Rumania Family Groceries" on the signClick for source details Carol and Georgie are the older brothers, and

Mavis Gallant’s “The Legacy” (1954)2017-07-24T18:10:57-04:00

Mavis Gallant’s “Wing’s Chips” (1954)

2023-10-12T11:00:17-04:00

This feels like a quintessential Mavis Gallant story: expectations and disappointments swirling around a young girl's form, as she begins to assemble a set of truths about the world. The town in "Wing's Chips" would never make it onto a postcard of Valley-living(Click for source details) Although the setting appears

Mavis Gallant’s “Wing’s Chips” (1954)2023-10-12T11:00:17-04:00
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