Thursday, June 4, 2015

Thursday Bookshelf - BI-BR

Week 3 of the great bookshelf project. Enid Blyton's Tales of Great Adventure (the green book sixth from the right) was one of my favourite books when I was a child. It's a retelling of the stories of King Arthur & Robin Hood & it's the way I always think of them, no matter how many books I read about the origins & maybe real people behind the myths. Ronald Blythe is one of the first authors I reviewed on the blog & I still have several of his books on the tbr shelves.

One of my favourite Sensation authors is featured here, Mary Elizabeth Braddon as well as Ann Bridge. I loved her Julia Probyn series although, as I read them all as ebooks, they have no presence on the shelves. Green for Danger by Christianna Brand is one of the most famous (& best) Golden Age mystery novels. Set in a hospital during WWII, it's an atmospheric book with a great twist in the plot. It was also made into a movie with Alistair Sim, Trevor Howard & Leo Genn.

Vera Brittain & the beginning of the Brontës.

The end of the Brontës. I wish I had the first volume of The Letters of Charlotte Brontë. I bought Vols 2 & 3 but borrowed Vol 1 from the library. It's very expensive & OUP have never reprinted it in paperback. I don't need it, of course, but I'd like to have it.

Next week, BR-CA.
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  1. FredJune 4, 2015 at 4:36 AM

    Lyn,

    It was the film version of Green for Danger that introduced me to Christianna Brand. I'm now slowly working my way through her Insptr Cockrill series.

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    1. lynJune 4, 2015 at 7:49 AM

      It's a great movie, isn't it? I've read a few of the other Cockrill books but need to get to the rest of them. They've been released as ebooks too.

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  2. FredJune 5, 2015 at 12:20 PM

    Lyn,

    I'm slowly working my way through the series. Since the local library doesn't have them, I have to resort to using the InterLibraryLoan process, which works, but is slow. The next one on my list is _Green for Danger_.

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    1. lynJune 6, 2015 at 2:45 PM

      GFD is a great mystery, I hope you enjoy it.

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  3. RoseJune 5, 2015 at 6:12 PM

    Interesting, there are a few names there I haven't come across. Thanks Lyn.

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  4. skiourophileJune 6, 2015 at 4:05 PM

    Blyton, Braddon, Brand, Bronte - such a lot to love here. I would love an alphabetical system too.

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    1. lynJune 8, 2015 at 12:22 PM

      I can't help myself, I'm a librarian. Alphabetical order makes sense to me although I don't follow it for the tbr shelves.

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  5. joan.kylerJune 8, 2015 at 12:52 AM

    I don't know if you ever read my blog, but I just posted photos I took of my library while I was cleaning it. I've enjoyed looking at your book, so if you want to take a peek, http://planetjoan.blogspot.com

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    1. lynJune 8, 2015 at 12:28 PM

      I've just been over to have a look, Joan, & left a comment. Lovely bookshelves. I think our bookshelves have a lot of our history on them. I know moving my books around has sparked lots of memories.

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