Reading Event: Daphne du Maurier Reading Week

I had so much fun doing the #1920 Club (read two books that had been on my wishlist for a long time and discovered Marie Belloc Lowndes' fantastic Christmas novel, From Out the Vasty Deep) that I am taking part in another reading event, scheduled for next week. The Daphne du Maurier reading week is …

The #1920 Club: From the Vast Deep by Marie Belloc Lowndes

"Ladies and gentlemen!" she cried. "This is a time of year when ghosts are said to walk. Why shouldn't we hold a séance, here and now, and call up spirits from the vasty deep?" Marie Belloc Lowndes has been a favourite of mine since I read her The Story of Ivy and so I was …

THE #1920 CLUB

Next week, I will be participating in the 1920 Club, part of a bi-annual reading event organized jointly by Simon @ Stuck in a Book and Karen @ Kaggsy's bookish ramblings. The aim is to read and review as many books written in 1920. A quick check has revealed that there are quite a few …

German Literature Month VI

What with the rush associated with Diwali (hope you all had a nice one & wishing you the best in the new year), I completely forgot to write a sign-up post for the VI edition of the German Literature Month, hosted by Caroline @Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy  @lizzy's liiterary life.I will start …

German Literature Month 2014

My favourite reading event of the year: The German Literature Month is just round the corner. Since 2011, Caroline @ Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy Siddal @ Lizzy's Literary Life have diligently co-hosted the event.Though, I am not very good at planning in advance, here are some of the texts that I might …

German Literature Month 2013

One of my favourite blogging events of the year is about to begin. As in the last two years, Caroline @ Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzie @ Lizzy's Literary Life are co-hosting The German Literature Month this November too.I have had a lot of fun participating in the event: have discovered some wonderful …