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It’s brilliant. Well worth seeking out
Commented 5 days ago on Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week at Harriet Devine's Blog
Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week
It's Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week over on A Gallimaufry. I've just finished reading Lolly Willowes and will post a review soon, but meanwhile here's a re-run of one I put up at the beginning of last year. I've read another collection since then and will put that on too later in the wee...
Simon the only other novel of hers I’ve tried is Summer will Show. It was a long time ago but I remember I didn’t get on with it. Love her short stories so much. And am really pleased I finally read this one.
Commented 6 days ago on Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner at Harriet Devine's Blog
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
I have known about this novel for a very long time - I think I may have heard of it first through Simon, who wrote about it in his D.Phil and has mentioned it many times on his blog. But somehow I never got around to reading it. So what better novel to read for Helen's Sylvia Townsend Warner R...
I agree in fact = not a great likeness but a very charming painting
Commented Jul 6, 2019 on Woman Reading at Harriet Devine's Blog
Woman Reading
This is Vivien Leigh with her cat Tissy, painted by her friend the painter and theatre designer Roger Furse (1903-1972)
Totally Liz - so glad I finally got around to reading it.
Commented Jul 5, 2019 on Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner at Harriet Devine's Blog
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
I have known about this novel for a very long time - I think I may have heard of it first through Simon, who wrote about it in his D.Phil and has mentioned it many times on his blog. But somehow I never got around to reading it. So what better novel to read for Helen's Sylvia Townsend Warner R...
That’s how I used to feel Annabel. So glad I did in the end. Hope you love it as much as I did.
Commented Jul 5, 2019 on Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner at Harriet Devine's Blog
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
I have known about this novel for a very long time - I think I may have heard of it first through Simon, who wrote about it in his D.Phil and has mentioned it many times on his blog. But somehow I never got around to reading it. So what better novel to read for Helen's Sylvia Townsend Warner R...
How lovely this sounds, though I can see why she thought they were sad. Interesting decision of the executors to override her desires about publication. Thanks for this review.
I've reviewed Lolly Willowes - here's the link:
https://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2019/07/lolly-willowes-by-sylvia-townsend-warner.html
Commented Jul 4, 2019 on The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, edited by Claire Harman at a gallimaufry
The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, edited by Claire Harman
Sylvia Townsend Warner was a prolific diarist. In October 1927, when she was thirty-three, her friend David Garnett gave her a notebook and she decided to use it as a journal. This she kept every day until 1932, when ‘all manner of breaks, restarts and patches begin and it is impossible to say h...
Thanks for the kind comment. I loved the novel so much! and so agree about her style of writing which is superb. And yes she makes you smile too.
Commented Jul 4, 2019 on Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner at Harriet Devine's Blog
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
I have known about this novel for a very long time - I think I may have heard of it first through Simon, who wrote about it in his D.Phil and has mentioned it many times on his blog. But somehow I never got around to reading it. So what better novel to read for Helen's Sylvia Townsend Warner R...
I’ve just read Lolly Willowes for the first time and it certainly won’t be the last. It is a stunning novel. I believe I tried Summer Will Show and didn’t get on too well with it. I think it’s time I gave it another go - I know it’s in the bookshelf somewhere.
Commented Jul 3, 2019 on Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week at Harriet Devine's Blog
Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week
It's Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week over on A Gallimaufry. I've just finished reading Lolly Willowes and will post a review soon, but meanwhile here's a re-run of one I put up at the beginning of last year. I've read another collection since then and will put that on too later in the wee...
Great review - sounds like a wonderful collection!
Commented Jul 2, 2019 on The Innocent and the Guilty, by Sylvia Townsend Warner at a gallimaufry
The Innocent and the Guilty, by Sylvia Townsend Warner
“It was nothing of the sort,’ said Mr. Partridge furiously. After a pause he resumed with arrogant patience. ‘Then there was Vera Valetta. She was in pantomime – a Principal Boy. She wore a top hat tilted over one eye and sang patriotic songs. She weighed twelve stone, she had a tiny waist, sple...
Thanks Helen. It is a brilliant story and I’m sure must appear elsewhere. The edition I bought is quite hard to get hold of, I think.
Commented Jul 1, 2019 on Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week at Harriet Devine's Blog
Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week
It's Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week over on A Gallimaufry. I've just finished reading Lolly Willowes and will post a review soon, but meanwhile here's a re-run of one I put up at the beginning of last year. I've read another collection since then and will put that on too later in the wee...
Exciting - I'm really looking forward to the reviews. I have just read Lolly Willowes and will be reviewing it soon, but meanwhile I have posted a re-rum of a review I wrote about 18 months ago. Here is the link:
https://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2019/07/its-sylvia-townsend-warner-reading-week-over-on-a-gallimaufry-ive-just-finished-reading-lolly-willowes-and-will-post-a-r.html
Commented Jul 1, 2019 on Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week begins! at a gallimaufry
Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week begins!
Welcome to Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week! (I feel like a game-show host, typing that...) Almost as soon as I had decided to host this I was consumed by panic and also a weird reluctance to read anything by STW, as if I were turning her into A Project and thus draining out all the fun. I ...
Yes Susan I was delighted to run across it!
Commented Jun 30, 2019 on Woman Reading at Harriet Devine's Blog
Woman Reading
This is Vivien Leigh with her cat Tissy, painted by her friend the painter and theatre designer Roger Furse (1903-1972)
Thanks,. Elizabeth. That makes sense!
Commented Jun 17, 2019 on Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey at Harriet Devine's Blog
Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
Well, here's a book that took me completely by surprise. I thought I'd read all Josephine Tey's celebrated crime novels, but I saw a review of this one recently and realised I hadn't. That wasn't the surprise, though. I'd been expecting that something dramatic would happen quite early on in th...
Yes this sounds right for a lazy summer read! I’m now part way into the Thirteenth Tale and though I’m quite enjoying it, it doesn’t seem to me to be a great as this one.
Commented Jun 2, 2019 on Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield at Harriet Devine's Blog
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield is not a prolific writer. Her first novel, the much celebrated The Thirteenth Tale, came out in 2006 and her second, Belman and Black, in 2013. This most recent one appeared in January of this year. I hadn't read the first two but something I read in a review of Once Upon a R...
Ann I liked it so much I’m tempted to buy a hard copy!
Commented May 31, 2019 on Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield at Harriet Devine's Blog
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield is not a prolific writer. Her first novel, the much celebrated The Thirteenth Tale, came out in 2006 and her second, Belman and Black, in 2013. This most recent one appeared in January of this year. I hadn't read the first two but something I read in a review of Once Upon a R...
Thanks Victoria. I have already started listening to The Thirteenth Tale and will probably go on to the third book. I tried the Essex Serpent but didn’t take to it that much though I agree abut the cover!
Commented May 31, 2019 on Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield at Harriet Devine's Blog
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield is not a prolific writer. Her first novel, the much celebrated The Thirteenth Tale, came out in 2006 and her second, Belman and Black, in 2013. This most recent one appeared in January of this year. I hadn't read the first two but something I read in a review of Once Upon a R...
Thanks for this comment. I have read and enjoyed many of the books you mention and I agree he is brilliant at his best. Glad to hear you are enjoying this latest novel.
Commented May 29, 2019 on The King's Evil by Andrew Taylor at Harriet Devine's Blog
The King's Evil by Andrew Taylor
Three years ago, in Shiny New Books, I reviewed Andrew Taylor's The Ashes of London, a splendid historical thriller actually set during the Great Fire of London. That novel was published in 2016 and was followed two years later by a continuation, The Fire Court. And now we have The King's Evil...
Oh dear - I wouldn’t want to put you off! I know plenty of people loved it so maybe give it a go anyway.
Commented May 27, 2019 on Recent Reading at Harriet Devine's Blog
Recent Reading
I've read more than I've reviewed in April so here's a quick update of three books I enjoyed, though none of them excessively. After my very good experience of Sadie Jones's most recent novel The Snakes I was greedy for more of her intelligent, perceptive writing, so I got an audiobook of Fa...
Glad to hear not alone Liz
Commented May 7, 2019 on Recent Reading at Harriet Devine's Blog
Recent Reading
I've read more than I've reviewed in April so here's a quick update of three books I enjoyed, though none of them excessively. After my very good experience of Sadie Jones's most recent novel The Snakes I was greedy for more of her intelligent, perceptive writing, so I got an audiobook of Fa...
It is a great read Annabel - I’m sure you’ll love it.
Commented Apr 28, 2019 on Shiny review at Harriet Devine's Blog
Shiny review
I haven't been very good about keeping updates on here about my reviews on Shiny New Books. This one came out recently and it's a terrific novel which I really hope will be recognised for its importance. Set in 1932, it's the story of Doris, a girl from an impoverished and dysfunctional home w...
Izzy I think it would be a perfect way to you. Enjoy!
Commented Apr 25, 2019 on Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club) at Harriet Devine's Blog
Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club)
For a long time now I've avoided reading challenges, mainly because I was finding I never completed them. But I've always made an exception in the case of Simon and Kaggsy's year Clubs and have managed to contribute to them all so far. This time round it's 1965, a year within my own living me...
Yes the Swedes appear to drink gallons of coffee in these novels and other scandi noir ones I’ve read. It doesn’t suit Martin Beck but he drinks it anyway! I’ve read ad enjoyed The Laughing Policeman too
Commented Apr 24, 2019 on Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club) at Harriet Devine's Blog
Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club)
For a long time now I've avoided reading challenges, mainly because I was finding I never completed them. But I've always made an exception in the case of Simon and Kaggsy's year Clubs and have managed to contribute to them all so far. This time round it's 1965, a year within my own living me...
It’s certainly a great series Kay - glad to hear you are in agreement.
Commented Apr 24, 2019 on Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club) at Harriet Devine's Blog
Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club)
For a long time now I've avoided reading challenges, mainly because I was finding I never completed them. But I've always made an exception in the case of Simon and Kaggsy's year Clubs and have managed to contribute to them all so far. This time round it's 1965, a year within my own living me...
Great to have a whole set Kaggsy - I’ve only read them piecemeal. Reading this certainly whetted my appetite for more!
Commented Apr 24, 2019 on Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club) at Harriet Devine's Blog
Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club)
For a long time now I've avoided reading challenges, mainly because I was finding I never completed them. But I've always made an exception in the case of Simon and Kaggsy's year Clubs and have managed to contribute to them all so far. This time round it's 1965, a year within my own living me...
Glad to find another admirer. They are novels that definitely can stand re-reading.
Commented Apr 23, 2019 on Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club) at Harriet Devine's Blog
Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Walloo (1965 Club)
For a long time now I've avoided reading challenges, mainly because I was finding I never completed them. But I've always made an exception in the case of Simon and Kaggsy's year Clubs and have managed to contribute to them all so far. This time round it's 1965, a year within my own living me...
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