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The Prisoner – Marcel Proust

The Prisoner is the fifth of the seven books of In Search of Lost Time; my Penguin edition combines parts five and six, but I have only read up through The Prisoner.  It was absolutely amazing; and I would say that either the novel as a whole...

Reading July 14-August 13

See the top three books on this stack?  This was the month my Tea or Books recommendations started to arrive in the mail!  That’s been one of the highlights of this year so far for me.  In my 20s, with access to a very large library...

20 Books of Summer – Update

It has been a great experience joining in with Cathy for 20 Books of Summer and something I hope to do other years, whether I blog about it or not! I’ve loved reading about other people’s experiences too and have found many new book blogs I love and lots...

Reading June 14-July 13

Not Quite Dead Enough – Rex Stout, 1944 I adore detective Nero Wolfe and his faithful assistant Archie Goodwin, and have read so many of these in the past year, including three this month.  The plotting is very good and the characters are...