Tag Archives: 1930s

Three nurses, a ghost and a computer genius

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

The Nightingale Girls by Donna Douglas / For One More Tomorrow by Elizabeth Bailey / Goodbye for Now by Laurie Frankel Happy New Year! With a backlog of books read near the end of 2012 still to write about, I … Continue reading →

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Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

When Barbara Buncle finds herself short of money she dismisses the idea of keeping hens and decides to write a book instead. Not having much imagination she finds she can only write about people and places that she knows. Drawing … Continue reading →

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The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

If you’ve been following my blog for a while you’ll know that Daphne du Maurier is one of my favourite authors, so when I saw that Simon of Savidge Reads and Polly of Novel Insights were hosting a Discovering Daphne … Continue reading →

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Princes in the Land by Joanna Cannan

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

This is one Persephone book I had never heard anything about, so I picked it up and started reading without having any idea what to expect. I didn’t know who Joanna Cannan was until I read the biographical information on … Continue reading →

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Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

Continuing my recent forays into the novels of Agatha Christie, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is another one that I’ve really enjoyed and one of my favourites so far. This is one of Christie’s standalone novels (i.e. not Poirot, Marple … Continue reading →

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Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

Death in the Clouds, first published in 1935, is one of Agatha Christie’s many novels featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Ten people are travelling on a plane flying from Paris to London. During the flight a woman is found … Continue reading →

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South Riding by Winifred Holtby

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

I read South Riding in February and managed to finish it just in time to watch the recent BBC adaptation. I’m glad I was able to read the book before watching the series as I like to be able to … Continue reading →

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