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Tag Archives: United Kingdom

Book review: Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn (Scotland)

An unexpectedly optimistic exploration of abandoned places worldwide

Posted byimogenglad8th Mar 20238th Mar 2023Posted inbookTags: books, Cal Flyn, climate, environment, Europe, female writers, Islands of Abandonment, non-fiction, United Kingdom4 Comments on Book review: Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn (Scotland)

Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood and three other mini book reviews

Three mini reviews of the latest in my 20 books of summer

Posted byimogenglad19th Aug 202220th Aug 2022Posted inUncategorizedTags: 20booksofsummer, 20booksofsummer22, books, Christopher Isherwood, Europe, female writers, fiction, jessica andrews, United Kingdom2 Comments on Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood and three other mini book reviews

They by Kay Dick (UK)

Long out of print, rediscovered dystopian fiction

Posted byimogenglad31st Jul 2022Posted inbookTags: 20booksofsummer, 20booksofsummer22, books, dystopia, Europe, female writers, fiction, Kay Dick, United KingdomLeave a comment on They by Kay Dick (UK)

Middlemarch by George Eliot (UK)

I read Middlemarch. It took me three months.Don’t let that put you off.

Posted byimogenglad24th May 202225th May 2022Posted inbookTags: England, Europe, female writers, George Eliot, Middlemarch, United Kingdom, Victorian fiction5 Comments on Middlemarch by George Eliot (UK)

In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch (UK)

Hallucinatory 1940s coming of age tell set in upper middle class England between the wars

Posted byimogenglad22nd Nov 2021Posted inbookTags: #novnov, autobiography, books, classic literature, classics, Europe, fiction, literature, novella, novellasinnovember, UK, United Kingdom4 Comments on In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch (UK)

Booker Longlist Predictions: How did I do? Plus Review of Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

Francis Spufford’s deeply humane new novel “Light Perpetual”

Posted byimogenglad28th Jul 2021Posted inbookTags: books, Europe, fiction, lightperpetual, netgalley, new books, UK, United Kingdom5 Comments on Booker Longlist Predictions: How did I do? Plus Review of Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

Review no 133: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford (UK)

Francis Spufford’s deeply humane new novel “Light Perpetual”

Posted byimogenglad26th Jan 202114th May 2022Posted inbookTags: #LightPerpetual, #NetGalley, books, Europe, fiction, lightperpetual, netgalley, new books, UK, United Kingdom1 Comment on Review no 133: Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford (UK)

Review no 73: Rebecca by British author Daphne du Maurier (1907-89)

Daphne Du Maurier’s classic gothic “love” story

Posted byimogenglad9th May 202026th Jan 2021Posted inbookTags: cornwall, Du Maurier, England, Europe, female writers, Rebecca, United Kingdom3 Comments on Review no 73: Rebecca by British author Daphne du Maurier (1907-89)

Review no 48: The Personal History of David Copperfield, film by Armando Iannucci (UK)

We enjoyed this charming, family friendly Dickensian romp

Posted byimogenglad4th Feb 20204th Jun 2020Posted infilmTags: Charles Dickens, Europe, film, films, movies, UK, United KingdomLeave a comment on Review no 48: The Personal History of David Copperfield, film by Armando Iannucci (UK)

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