On the Other Side of the Latch by Sara Jeannette Duncan ~ 1901. American title: The Crow’s Nest. This edition: Methuen & Co., 1901. Hardcover. 266 pages. My rating: 7/10 I am very fond of Sara Jeannette Duncan, or, as she is styled in brackets on the title page of this and a number of […]
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On the Other Side of the Latch by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Posted in 1900s, Canadian Book Challenge #10, Century of Books - 2017, Duncan, Sara Jeannette, Read in 2017, tagged 1901 Memoir, Canadian Book Challenge #10, Century of Books - 2017, Duncan, Sara Jeannette, On the Other Side of the Latch on January 16, 2017| 1 Comment »
Review: The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Posted in Canadian Book Challenge #6, Duncan, Sara Jeannette, Read in 2012, tagged 1893 Fictionalized Travel Account, Canadian Book Challenge 6, Duncan, Sara Jeannette, The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib on September 3, 2012| 2 Comments »
The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan ~ 1893. This edition: Tecumseh Press, 2002. Softcover. Facsimile edition, with Introduction by Thomas E. Tausky. ISBN: 0-919662-13-7. 311 pages. My rating: 9/10. Sara Jeannette Duncan’s work remains extremely readable more than a century after the publication of this book. A writer of depth, clarity, wry […]
Review: An American Girl in London by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Posted in Canadian Book Challenge #6, Duncan, Sara Jeannette, Read in 2012, tagged 1891 Fictionalized Travel Novel, An American Girl in London, Canadian Book Challenge 6, Duncan, Sara Jeannette, Vintage Fiction on July 7, 2012| 3 Comments »
An American Girl in London by Sara Jeannette Duncan ~ 1891. This edition: Rand, McNally & Co., circa 1900. Inscription: “To another American girl – Mary Couch Huntington, Xmas 1900.” Hardcover. 290 pages. My rating: 7.5/10 This is that most pleasant of things, a book purchased on a whim for a for a minor sum, which […]
ACOB ~ A Century of Books Project – 2022/2018/2017/2014
Posted in on January 1, 2014| 15 Comments »
Another Century of Books – 1922 to 2022 I attempted and successfully completed a Century of Books project in 2014, and tried it again twice more, not quite making it to completion but having good fun in the quest and discovering some new-to-me writers. This time round I’m going to cut out two whole decades […]
Book Reviews by Publishing Date
Posted in on November 21, 2013| 1 Comment »
Book reviews organized by year of first publication for you Century-of-Bookers, or anyone else interested in seeking out books by era. 1800s 1833 ~ Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac 1847~ Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 1847 ~ Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1851 ~ The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851-3 […]
Year-End Round-Up, Part 1: My 10+ Most Unexpected Reading Experiences of 2012
Posted in My World, Read in 2012, tagged My World on December 31, 2012| 4 Comments »
Best books lists, sensation of the year music lists, top news events lists, cutest YouTube video lists – you name it, all I’ve been seeing are lists, lists, LISTS! They’re everywhere this week. I wasn’t going to personally play this game, but there’s something about the dawn of a new year that demands a look back at the […]
Canadian Book Challenge 2018-19
Posted in on August 2, 2012| 2 Comments »
The 12th Annual Canadian Book Challenge Hosted by The Indextrious Reader Time Frame: July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. (But you can join at any time during the year.) The Challenge: Read & Review & Share your reviews of 13 (or more) Canadian books in one year, Canada Day to Canada Day. What constitutes a […]
Book Reviews by Author
Posted in on April 15, 2012| 1 Comment »
A ALDRICH, Bess Streeter Mother Mason (1916) The Cutters (1922) A White Bird Flying (1931) Miss Bishop (1933) Spring Came on Forever (1935) ALLAN, Mabel Esther The Ballet Family (1963) (Published under the pseudonym Jean Estoril) ANTHOLOGY Stories to Remember, Volumes I & II, selected by Thomas B. Costain & John Beecroft (1956) ANTONSON, Rick To Timbuktu for a Haircut (2008) […]