The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
If you were looking for a novel that captures the popular essence of Edinburgh in the 1930s, there's a fair chance you would light upon…
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Christmas Day
DE Stevenson was a best-selling author of her day, the mid-twentieth century. She wrote romances and family stories often with a bit of an edge.…
Christmas Eve
If you’ve been reading this blog of mine for any length of time you’ll be familiar with my panegyrics on LM Montgomery. I make no…
22nd December
Many years ago the BBC dramatised The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. I watched them, loved them and immediately became a devoted reader…
21st December
Mabel Esther Allan has already appeared in this month’s posts in the guise of Jean Estoril, one of her many pseudonyms. In her own name…
20th December
The book I most associate Judith Kerr with is When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and it’s another of the very few primary school class books…
19th December
Mum tried for years to interest me in O Douglas’ books but it took a lot of persuading before I finally delved in. Of course,…
18th December
I came early to John Buchan’s thrillers courtesy of my mother who insisted that I watch the BBC adaptation of Huntingtower in 1978. I’m very…
17th December
There aren’t many classics on this list but an early choice was A Room with a View by EM Forster. When I was in Sixth…
15th December
I discovered the Drina books by Jean Estoril serendipitously in Lossiemouth Library as a child. I read them in a random order as and when…
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