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Tag: Stella Gibbons

Review of ‘My American’ by Stella Gibbons

20/02/2021 nsford 6 Comments

This is a strange book because it can’t decide what it wants to be. Romance? Parody? Social critique? Autobiographical novel?…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Stella Gibbons

What happened when I used a random generator to choose my re-reads

21/07/2020 nsford 13 Comments

Some time ago, I explained how I choose which book on my shelf to read next. I was only using…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Christopher Pike, fiction, Harper Lee, J K Rowling, Jerry Spinelli, John Wyndham, Mary Shelley, Mervyn Peake, reading, Stella Gibbons

Review of ‘The Bachelor’ by Stella Gibbons

25/04/2020 nsford 4 Comments

First published in 1944, this charming and unusual novel brought a little romance to the British reading public during the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Stella Gibbons

The ugliest book covers I own

13/04/2020 nsford 15 Comments

Most of the books on my shelf have attractive covers, or at least covers which don’t offend my eye. Although…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, books, children's fiction, Christine Nostlinger, fiction, Jerry Spinelli, Stella Gibbons, Virginia Woolf, YA fiction

10 writers I’d love to have coffee with – time travel edition!

05/03/2020 nsford 29 Comments

My previous post on writers I’d love to have coffee with was very popular. My blogger friend Ryan stole my…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Charlotte Brontë, fiction, George Orwell, H G Wells, H P Lovecraft, Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Stella Gibbons, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, writers

Authors I want to re-read – and some I don’t

15/01/2020 nsford 12 Comments

Our reading tastes tend to change over time. We return to some authors again and again, authors we never get…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Ann M Martin, books, fiction, George Eliot, Jane Austen, Joanne Harris, R L Stine, reading, Stella Gibbons, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K LeGuin, Virginia Woolf

Review of ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ by Stella Gibbons

07/08/2019 nsford 10 Comments

This 1932 novel often appears on ‘funniest book’ lists. When I read it back in 2010, I didn’t find it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, reviews, Stella Gibbons

Recommended author: Stella Gibbons

15/10/2018 nsford 4 Comments

Welcome to the second post in this series. Last month’s post was about Daphne du Maurier. This month, I’m looking…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: fiction, reading, Stella Gibbons

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