Reviews

‘Christine Poulson’s wonderful sense of place brings Cambridge to life. Cassie overcomes the problems facing her with wit and guile aplenty and ensures the reader’s empathy from first word to last . . . an enthralling and engaging read that underlines Christine’s burgeoning reputation as a crime novelist to watch.’ [Stage Fright]

- SHOTS MAGAZINE

Ten books set on the Home Front

Posted on May 7, 2015 in Anthony Powell, books set on the home front, Christiana Brand, Elizabeth Bowen, Joyce Dennys, Laura Wilson, Lissa Evans, Margery Allingham, Muriel Spark, Penelope Fitzgerald, Rennie Airth | 12 Comments

Time for another list! We had such fun last time that Moira at Clothesinbooks.com and I have got together again, this time to share our ten favourite books set on the Home Front. Mine are all set in WWII. Here goes . . . First up is Joyce Dennys’s Henrietta’s War (1983 – but written during the […]

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10 Books that have made me laugh

Posted on Nov 25, 2014 in Bill Bryson, Gerald Durrell, Jerome K Jerome, Joyce Dennys, Kate Dunn, Michael Simkins, Nancy Mitford, Sue Hepworth, Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Today Moira at ClothesinBooks.com and I are posting our list of books that have made us laugh. Mine are, in no particular order: Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome. A classic. I particularly love the part where they try to open a tin of pineapple without a tin-opener, and Uncle Podger hanging a picture, […]

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Ten books that have stayed with me

Posted on Sep 13, 2014 in Joyce Dennys, Lawrence Block, Sarah Waters, Susan Coolidge. What Katy Did, Tolstoy, Uncategorized, Vasily Grossman | 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Daniella, tagged me on Facebook. “List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take more than a few minutes, and don’t think too hard. It is not about the ‘right’ book or great work of literature, just ones that have affected you in some […]

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A Pound of Paper

Posted on May 10, 2010 in A Pound of Paper. Anne of Avonlea, John Baxter, Joyce Dennys, L. M. Montgomery, re-reading | One Comment

I do tend to re-read quite a lot. There are books I can go back to again and again, some of them classics, such as MANSFIELD PARK, others my own discoveries, such as Joyce Dennys’s HENRIETTA’S WAR: NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT 1939-1942 and HENRIETTA SEES IT THROUGH: NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT 1942-1945. These […]

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