As busy days continue with little to no writing time, here's a review from the (not very old) archives. I read and reviewed Snobs by Julian Fellowes in 2018, but I'd posted this only on Goodreads. The review below is what I wrote back then! This is the first book I’ve read by Fellowes though…
Book Review: The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten (2022) by Philipp Schott
My thanks to ECW Press for a review copy of this book via NetGalley. The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten (2022) is the third volume of memoirs/anecdotes by German-born, Canadian veterinary doctor and writer, Dr Philipp Schott (I have previously read and reviewed the second volume, How to Examine a Wolverine, as well…
Book Review: Hotel Splendide by Ludwig Bemelmans
My thanks to Pushkin Press and Edelweiss for a review copy of this book. First published in 1941, Hotel Splendide is a slightly fictionalized memoir of the time author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans spent working at the Ritz in New York, which in the book becomes the Hotel Splendide. Written in the form of short…
Book Review: Paying Guests by E. F. Benson #1929Club
Paying Guests by author, biographer, and memoirist E. F. Benson, first published in 1929, is a standalone novel, which appeared in publication order somewhere between his best-known Mapp and Lucia books. This story is set in the fictional Bolton Spa and around Wentworth, a boarding house which is far more elegant and luxurious than others,…
Book Review: Mrs R. Snugglesworth, Attorney-at-Law by Amy Flanagan
26 August is International Dog Day, and what better way to celebrate than review a book featuring a dog? Well, reviewing a book featuring a dog who’s an attorney of course! Mrs R. Snugglesworth, Attorney-at-Law by Amy Flanagan and illustrated by Jon Davis is an imaginative and fun little children’s title which can be enjoyed…
Book Review: The Martins by David Foenkinos and translated by Sam Taylor
My thanks to Gallic Books/Consortium Book Sales and Distribution and Edelweiss for a review copy of this book. The Martins is a French novel by author David Foenkinos and translated by Sam Taylor which takes us on an amusing journey with an author writing a book. In the book, our narrator an author, accustomed to…
Guest Post: Book Review: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse #1954Club
Today I'm sharing my mother's second pick for Karen and Simon's #1954Club, Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P. G. Wodehouse. As a child, I often heard my sister laugh out loud when reading a Wodehouse. I did try one, but didn’t find it very amusing. It was only as an adult that I learnt…
Book Review: Diary of a Buddhist Cat by Julian Worker
My thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for a review copy of this book. Diary of a Buddhist Cat is a delightful, humorous and entertaining read which I absolutely loved. This was the second of my recent reads to be narrated by a cat! Freddie is a three-year-old black-and-white tom who is adopted from a shelter…
Book Review: Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann #GermanLitMonth
The delightful, clever and entertaining Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann (translated by Carol Brown Janeway) tells us the stories of two eccentric geniuses—the explorer, geographer and polymath Alexander von Humboldt and mathematician and physicist, Carl Friedrich Gauss. Our story begins in September 1828 when the German Scientific Congress is being held in Berlin, and…
Book Review: Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer
The first of the mysteries featuring Superintendent Hannasyde published in 1935 was a very enjoyable read with plenty of humour, eccentric but fun characters, sparkling dialogue, and a pretty good mystery as well. Our story opens in the village of Ashleigh Green, where Constable Dickenson is returning from night patrol. In the stocks, he spots…
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