Notes from a Book Addict

01 Jul 2019

Susannah Recommended Reading, reading, Newsletter, books 9 Comments Permalink

The Public Library

Susannah 1 July 2019 9 Comments

One of the most wonderful places I know is the public library! To enter the doors of a library is to feel an instant sense of wellbeing and calm, Read more

01 Jul 2019

Susannah Newsletter, books 10 Comments Permalink

Reading Aloud

Susannah 1 July 2019 10 Comments

Have you ever tried reading aloud to yourself or another person? Perhaps you should. Read more

01 Jul 2019

Susannah Newsletter, books 10 Comments Permalink

The Goldfinch

Susannah 1 July 2019 10 Comments

A coming film I look forward to watching is The Goldfinch based on Donna Tartt’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah Book of the Month, Monograph, Authors, Recommended Reading, books 2 Comments Permalink

L.P. Hartley & ‘The Go-Between’

Susannah 1 June 2019 2 Comments

“The past is another country: they do things differently there” – so begins the haunting novel The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley. Read more

01 Jul 2019

Susannah Poem of the Month, Poets, Poems, Newsletter 6 Comments Permalink

Because I could not stop for death

Susannah 1 July 2019 6 Comments

Emily Dickinson did not give her poems names, but this one has been named for its first line, “Because I could not stop for death”. Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah Lectures, Talks, Newsletter, books 2 Comments Permalink

Let me tell you about Men, Glorious Men

Susannah 1 June 2019 2 Comments

My first love affairs were all with fictional men. I sighed over their good looks, longed to run off with them myself, Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah tours, Newsletter, books No Comments Permalink

Literary Travelling

Susannah 1 June 2019 No Comments

My literary travels have been keeping me busy this year. I am leading my classic literary tour of England as you receive this. Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah Newsletter, books No Comments Permalink

Foods Named After Writers

Susannah 1 June 2019 No Comments

I’ve been exploring various foods named after writers. The French poet, historian and politician Chateaubriand, who was a foodie, had a cut of steak and Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah Newsletter, books 6 Comments Permalink

Letters that Changed the World

Susannah 1 June 2019 6 Comments

I have not yet discussed in my newsletter the wonderful literary form of the letter. I’ll remedy that omission now. I’ve recently loved reading Written in History: Letters that Changed the World Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah Book of the Month, Monograph, Authors, Recommended Reading, books 2 Comments Permalink

Guy de Maupassant & ‘The Necklace’

Susannah 1 June 2019 2 Comments

Guy de Maupassant wrote over three hundred short stories, six novels, poems, travel books, articles, four plays and pornography and was a hugely influential writer, establishing the modern short story form Read more

01 Jun 2019

Susannah Poem of the Month, Poets, Poems, Newsletter 4 Comments Permalink

O Captain! my Captain!

Susannah 1 June 2019 4 Comments

On 14 April 1865, American President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth (brother of the famous Shakespearian actor Edwin Booth) at Ford’s Theatre. Read more

01 May 2019

Susannah Newsletter, books 10 Comments Permalink

Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,

Susannah 1 May 2019 10 Comments

“Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing
Beloved from pole to pole”

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01 May 2019

Susannah Poets, Newsletter 2 Comments Permalink

Poet Laureate

Susannah 1 May 2019 2 Comments

For English poets, I guess the ultimate position is that of ‘Poet Laureate’, when a writer is appointed by the government or authority of the day to write poems celebrating special events. Read more

01 May 2019

Susannah Movies, Newsletter, books 14 Comments Permalink

The Professor and the Madman

Susannah 1 May 2019 14 Comments

Did you read Simon Winchester’s fabulous 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne about James Murray who worked on the Oxford English Dictionary Read more

01 May 2019

Susannah Book of the Month, Monograph, Authors, Recommended Reading, books 10 Comments Permalink

Theodor Fontane & ‘Effi Briest’

Susannah 1 May 2019 10 Comments

Thomas Mann, the Nobel-winning German novelist, once stated that if one had to reduce one’s library to only six novels, then one of them would be Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest. Read more