Forgot to post my October books. For posterity.
Forgot to post my October books. For posterity.
Storygraph for September.
Storygraph for September.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 16 - After the horrible week last week turned out to be, I didn't have the heart to continue with this. Now I just want to celebrate the human greatness Angela Carter has gifted us.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 16 - After the horrible week last week turned out to be, I didn't have the heart to continue with this. Now I just want to celebrate the human greatness Angela Carter has gifted us.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 16 - No list is complete without Shirley Jackson because she is the Queen of Everything.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 16 - No list is complete without Shirley Jackson because she is the Queen of Everything.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 15 - Susanna Clarke. I love Piranesi so very very much.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 15 - Susanna Clarke. I love Piranesi so very very much.
Wrap-up for August. I know some may disagree, but I thought that Stoner was worth the hype.
Wrap-up for August. I know some may disagree, but I thought that Stoner was worth the hype.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 14 - Iris Murdoch. I couldn't love The Sea, The Sea more.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 14 - Iris Murdoch. I couldn't love The Sea, The Sea more.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 13 - Emily Bronte. In a world where you are either team Jane Eyre or team Wuthering Heights, I am Wuthering Heights all the way.
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Day 13 - Emily Bronte. In a world where you are either team Jane Eyre or team Wuthering Heights, I am Wuthering Heights all the way.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12 - Dorothy Parker - one of the coolest people who ever lived.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 12 - Dorothy Parker - one of the coolest people who ever lived.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 11 - Marianne Moore. Her influence in the modernist movement cannot be overstated.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 11 - Marianne Moore. Her influence in the modernist movement cannot be overstated.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 10 - Patricia Highsmith. She makes me root for the sociopath - lol!
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 10 - Patricia Highsmith. She makes me root for the sociopath - lol!
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 9 - Margaret Atwood. You know the quote "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"? Margaret Atwood is one of those giants.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 9 - Margaret Atwood. You know the quote "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants"? Margaret Atwood is one of those giants.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 8 is brought to you by the great Muriel Spark.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 8 is brought to you by the great Muriel Spark.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 7 - Dorothy Whipple. She's one of those writers who got lost in the shuffle of history, brought back to life by Persephone Books persephonebooks.co.uk
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 7 - Dorothy Whipple. She's one of those writers who got lost in the shuffle of history, brought back to life by Persephone Books persephonebooks.co.uk
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 6 - Sharon Kay Penman - her books are everything that good historical fiction should be: well researched and bringing the past to life.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
Day 6 - Sharon Kay Penman - her books are everything that good historical fiction should be: well researched and bringing the past to life.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days.
Day 5 - Anaïs Nin
From a literary perspective, she's not the absolute best writer, but there she was in the early 20th Century, smashing every taboo she could get her hands on. And for that, I love her.
Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days.
Day 5 - Anaïs Nin
From a literary perspective, she's not the absolute best writer, but there she was in the early 20th Century, smashing every taboo she could get her hands on. And for that, I love her.