January 2015, In My Bookbag

2017-07-24T15:26:10-04:00

Isn't there something satisfying about beginning to read someone's published diaries in a January, when those diaries begin in some other long-ago January? Dawn Powell's diaries have been on my shelves for more than a decade but suddenly, in this January, I felt compelled to begin reading them. It sat beside other

January 2015, In My Bookbag2017-07-24T15:26:10-04:00

Sweet and Swedish

2014-07-11T16:03:23-04:00

1961; Dell Publishing, 1975 Maria Gripe's trilogy is just charming. Josephine chooses her own name because the name Anna Grå is too big for her, like a pair of shoes that she needs to grow into. She is six years old. Her blue sweater is getting too small but

Sweet and Swedish2014-07-11T16:03:23-04:00

Mary Norton’s Poor Stainless (1966)

2014-03-14T19:41:52-04:00

Mary Norton's Poor Stainless (1966) Also included in the Odyssey Classic edition of The Borrowers Aloft (originally published in 1961 and republished in 1998) is the short tale, Poor Stainless. This was originally published as a separate volume in 1966, presented as a tale that Homily tells Arrietty,  something that happened

Mary Norton’s Poor Stainless (1966)2014-03-14T19:41:52-04:00

In which Rachel tries to stop apologizing

2024-03-17T10:41:42-04:00

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

In which Rachel tries to stop apologizing2024-03-17T10:41:42-04:00

Testicles, Buttocks and Vomit in Angela Carter

2014-03-09T11:53:04-04:00

My first Angela Carter read was The Magic Toyshop. Somewhere I'd gotten the idea that I would like this novel without any real understanding of its author, so I was surprised by just how magical that toyshop really was, but I recognized something about Angela Carter that led me to

Testicles, Buttocks and Vomit in Angela Carter2014-03-09T11:53:04-04:00
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