It’s been a while since I read the first two novels by Anita Brookner, “A Start in Life” and “Providence“, although I’m intending to gradually read my way through her books chronologically. However, when I was casting about for suitable reads for #SpinsterSeptember, I did consider Brookner; and then a comment by JacquiWine hinted that […]| Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
Here are ten recommendations from me for #SpinsterSeptember, created and hosted by the lovely Nora on Instagram and Bluesky. While curating this list, I selected books with protagonist/protagonists…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
A Sea-Grape Tree by Rosamond Lehmann| Clothes In Books
Pleased to once again present reading reviews from some of my favourite readers. Today’s installment, her third, is by my friend Anja Willner. Anja lives and works in Berlin. I’ve been logging my reading for seven years now. (A fairy-tale number, seven. I can’t name any other thing I’ve been doing for that long.) 2024 […]| Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau
I read my first Anita Brookner in 2020, the superb Look at Me, a book that found a place on My Best Books of 2020 list, but for some inexplicable reason I haven’t read more of her work since. To co…| Radhika's Reading Retreat
