I am grateful for all the kind, thoughtful comments on yesterday's post, and I'm interested to see that thus far and in terms of the wider questions the post raised, they are firmly in favour of traditional blogging over other forms of social media. Even when we don't have the time, inclination or sufficient 'original thought' to comment, posts long and short are still appreciated and enjoyed, it seems.
While not moving on just yet - further conversation is welcome, should you feel moved to join in - I thought I'd step sideways within book group territory, take a deliberately quick look through the 68 books* the CBG has read and choose 15 personal favourites, books I'd read again or ones that made me keen to explore their authors' other work. Each title below is linked to our discussion on it, so if the book is new to you or one you want to revisit, you can read a range of views besides mine. They are listed in the order in which we read them, beginning with our very first:
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee
The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Crusoe's Daughter by Jane Gardam
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
In this House of Brede by Rumer Godden
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
*You'll find all 68 titles listed in the right hand sidebar if you scroll down a bit beyond 'Writers'/'Readers'/'Publishers' etc.
