The Book Trunk

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  • Roughing it in the Bush

    Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie is a classic Canadian writer, so it seemed only right that I should read some of her work for the Canadian Book Challenge – after all, my aim was to try and get as broad a… Continue reading

  • A Winter Landscape

    The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson is darker than either ‘The Summer Book’ or ‘A Winter Book’ (although ‘The Squirrel’, one of the short stories in the collection, is a little peculiar). But it is every bit as wonderful. With Jansson,… Continue reading

  • The Song of Achilles

    Achilles pictured on a bowl, with the nereid Kymothea. Madeline Miller’s ‘The Song of Achilles’ is, as the title tells you, the story of Achilles, one of the great Greek heroes of the Trojan War, and it’s a wonderfully lyrical… Continue reading

  • Guard Your Daughters

    My copy has no dust jacket, and is plain red, with no title on the cover, which doesn’t make for a good picture, so here is a nicer cover! I’m very fond of my new friends, but I do get angry when the… Continue reading

  • A Dinner Party from Hell

    This is my copy, found in the OxfamBook Shop, published by Fontana. Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge features a dinner party from hell. Forget ‘Abigail’s Party’, this is far, far worse. Accountant Edward Freeman has agreed to have a meal… Continue reading