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#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon #ShortStorySunday First Impressions, Secondary Consequences-My #bookreview for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark, on my #bookblog here. #1961Club (late) #histficreadingchallenge #BeatTheBacklist #TheClassicsClub #ccwhatimreading
http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/04/26/shortstorysunday-first-impressions-secondary-consequences/
The #1961Club comes to an end – but what year will we choose next??? 🤔📚
Well, as the saying goes - that's a wrap! The 1961 Club has come to an end, and what a fabulous week it was! This turned out to be a particularly good year for books and I don't know about you, but I struggled a little to pick what to read and could have posted about many more books. It's been marvellous reading everyone's posts and comments about which titles they've been enjoying and thanks so…
Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque - my second read for the #1961Club https://bookaroundthecorner.com/2026/04/18/heaven-has-no-favorites-by-erich-maria-remarque-my-second-read-for-the-1961club/ #1960s, #20thCenturyLiterature, #GermanLiterature
“…Doc Benway assessed the situation…” #1961Club #thesoftmachine
I've been gradually making my way through the books of William S. Burroughs, starting with "Junky" back in 2024; so when I realised that the next book chronologically was "The Soft Machine" from 1961 it was inevitable that I would save this for our club week! "Soft..." is the first book in what is called Burroughs' 'Cut-Up Trilogy' and interestingly I didn't have a copy of this one on my shelves; so I…
Two children's classics from 1961: reviews of Else Holmelund Minarik's 'Little Bear's Visit' and Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach' for the #1961Club. #Bookstodon https://wp.me/sezD85-jgp
“Oh, the sounds of time are pouring through the window…” #1961Club #PullMyDaisy
The second Beat book I wanted to share some thoughts on for the #1961Club is perhaps an unusual one. Titled "Pull My Daisy", it gathers together texts by Jack Kerouac that were based around a film by the same name made by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. Described on the back of the book as "a short cinematographic exhibition of "Beat" life in a Bowery "pad" in New York's Lower East Side",…
“…nothing to weep for…” #1961Club #kaddish #allenginsberg
As I mentioned in my first post of the week, in 1961 the world was changing; and although classic crime novels and lighter books like "Provincial Daughter" were being released, writers like the Beat authors were also publishing prolifically. To start my final run of posts for 1961, today I want to share my thoughts on a seminal work by a man who is probably regarded as the pre-eminent Beat poet - …
“…deploring drudgery of housework.” #1961Club #provincialdaughter
Whenever we have one of our Club weeks coming up, I always check to see if there are any Virago Modern Classics from the year in question lurking on my shelves. I love my Virago books, but I don't read them as often as I should, so it's always a good opportunity to check - and luckily 1961 has a Virago title which I knew I had somewhere in the house.
‘I am a severed head such as primitive tribes and old alchemists used to use...'
I reviewed 'A Severed Head' by #IrisMurdoch for the #1961Club and #IrisMurdoch26
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“You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.” #1961Club #drseuss #thesneetches
Something slightly different on the Ramblings today for the #1961Club - Dr. Seuss!! I've mentioned before on the blog how one of the books I remember most strongly from my childhood is his "I had Trouble In Getting to Solla Sollew"; I borrowed it from the local library more than once, loving its surreal imagery, and when I was old enough I bought my own copy which I still have and…
Villains, dumb policemen, adventurous children and lively dogs! #enidblyton #1961Club
Enid Blyton is an author who I read constantly during my childhood, but I haven't revisited her that often over the years. She was, of course, astonishingly prolific and produced so many books that I guess everyone who's read her has their own favourites. I adored her school stories as well as the 'Secret' series and the 'Adventure' books. I've gone back to those at times, but one set…
“The world was changing…” #1961Club #Simenon #AgathaChristie
I've got into the habit of starting our Club Reading Weeks with some Golden Age crime; it's often the case that there's an Agatha Christie or one of Simenon's Maigret titles which came out during the year in question. 1961, however, was a bumper year in which both authors brought out a new work and so I couldn't resist reading the pair of titles!
'A Stranger at Green Knowe' (1961) by Lucy M Boston, reviewed for the #1961Club. #Bookstodon https://wp.me/sezD85-sgk
Winding Up the Week #466
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/11/winding-up-the-week-466/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, mark a host of literary anniversaries (including Drop Everything and Read Day and George Orwell’s annual Hate Week), revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. #AmReading #Bookstodon #DEARDay #HateWeek #GeorgeOrwell #1961Club @kaggsy59
Coming up on Monday – the #1961Club!!!
So, on Monday Simon and I will be launching the first of this year's Club Reading Weeks and as previously announced we'll be focusing on 1961. It looks to be a really interesting year for books and I spent some time exploring possible titles to pick up. As usual, however, I found that I had to be quite careful about choices and always double-checking the actually publication date.
https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/coming-up-on-monday-the-1961club/
Winding Up the Week #465
https://bookjotter.com/2026/04/04/winding-up-the-week-465/
This week I round up books read and reviewed across the blogosphere, explore some of the finest literary writing to be found online, announce both the 1961 Club and Lady Audley’s Secret Review Along, mark a host of literary anniversaries, revisit past posts ripe for rediscovery and highlight a selection of fascinating features from around the Internet. @kaggsy59 #1961Club #reviewalong #Bookstodon #Books #ToveTrove #Bookbloggers
Winding Up the Week #445
https://bookjotter.com/2025/11/01/winding-up-the-week-445/
As we step into November, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the 1961 Club, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet. #AmReading #Books #BookReview #1961Club @kaggsy59