The Girls of Slender Means

I am still reeling from reading Memento Mori by Muriel Spark last month and I went into The Girls of Slender Means hoping for a similar experience; it is not nearly as vindictive or as sinister as its predecessor but it is as mordantly witty. The ironic title (ironic in its double-play on the word [...]

Claire’s Corner

When India Knight posted about the new Nancy Mitford editions published next week by Penguin (Fig Tree Press) I was apoplectic with excitement. The covers are cute and quirky and I covet them. Now, hold onto your jaws people, I have a confession to make … I haven’t read any Nancy Mitford yet. To be [...]

Claire's Corner

With the miscellany links that a number of bloggers indulge in weekly I have been inspired to begin my own feature, which will be called “Claire’s Corner” (I love alliteration!) I have had this in mind for a while but I didn’t want to launch it until I had unveiled my new living space. Like [...]

The Day of the Triffids

Last year (pre-blogging) I read The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham; I followed up immediately by purchasing the other revamped Penguin Wyndham series and then I read and reviewed Trouble With Lichen later in the year. At the beginning of this year I finally got around to reading what is considered Wyndham’s major work, The [...]

Penguin Modern Classics

Do you remember my silver bookshelf? If you do (or if you click on the link to refresh your memory) you will know that I possess silver Penguin Modern Classics in abundance and have more than an entire shelf-full. Of the newer white Penguin Modern Classics I have only added three -photographed above- to my [...]

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