February Books
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The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
Momentum - Mo Mowlem
40 Years of University Challenge - Peter Gwyn
High Wages - Dorothy Whipple
Never Learn to Type - Margaret Joan Anstee
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About - Mil Millington
Crossriggs - Jane and Mary Findlater
One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
Mr Starlight - Laurie Graham
Black Hearts in Battersea - Joan Aiken
Further Under the Duvet - Marian Keyes
The Angel Makers - Jessica Gregson
Quite a few from the bookswap - One for the Money was great. I didn't like Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argues About very much, despite enjoying the columns, and I think it's partly because the columns you could see as a snippet from a relationship, and the book made it seem like relentless misery. Crossriggs is a Virago that was described as like Jane Austen, which it really wasn't. Early 1900s, and mostly around a woman who pretty much gives up her life to look after her family but much more cheerful than that. And the whole way through it seemed like she was going to be saved by marriage, but then it turned out that she got left huge amounts of money and went off to New Zealand, which was quite refreshing.
Black Hearts in Battersea I have unaccountably never read before - in fact, I don't think I've read any Joan Aiken before, which is something I am happy to have rectified. I didn't realise they were going to be funny.
Never Learn to Type is the autobiography of the UN's first woman... some kind of director that I've forgotten, but very impressive. It's a really interesting career, but not always a terribly interesting book, as it gets mired down in list-like recounting, but does have a lot of stuff about the barriers she faced because she was a woman.
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
Momentum - Mo Mowlem
40 Years of University Challenge - Peter Gwyn
High Wages - Dorothy Whipple
Never Learn to Type - Margaret Joan Anstee
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About - Mil Millington
Crossriggs - Jane and Mary Findlater
One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
Mr Starlight - Laurie Graham
Black Hearts in Battersea - Joan Aiken
Further Under the Duvet - Marian Keyes
The Angel Makers - Jessica Gregson
Quite a few from the bookswap - One for the Money was great. I didn't like Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argues About very much, despite enjoying the columns, and I think it's partly because the columns you could see as a snippet from a relationship, and the book made it seem like relentless misery. Crossriggs is a Virago that was described as like Jane Austen, which it really wasn't. Early 1900s, and mostly around a woman who pretty much gives up her life to look after her family but much more cheerful than that. And the whole way through it seemed like she was going to be saved by marriage, but then it turned out that she got left huge amounts of money and went off to New Zealand, which was quite refreshing.
Black Hearts in Battersea I have unaccountably never read before - in fact, I don't think I've read any Joan Aiken before, which is something I am happy to have rectified. I didn't realise they were going to be funny.
Never Learn to Type is the autobiography of the UN's first woman... some kind of director that I've forgotten, but very impressive. It's a really interesting career, but not always a terribly interesting book, as it gets mired down in list-like recounting, but does have a lot of stuff about the barriers she faced because she was a woman.
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Date: 2007-03-01 01:03 pm (UTC)I also adored Gobbolino the Witch's Cat, all the short story collections (A Necklace of Raindrops and loads more, with beautiful Jan Pienkowski illustrations) and the Arabel and Mortimer stories about a girl and her pet raven.
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Date: 2007-03-01 01:07 pm (UTC)Arabel and Mortimer I love beyond reason, too.