I had intended to read Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck this week, but I can’t find my copy of it. So I’m going to read a book by Henry Treece instead. I’ll write a review of that one later on in the week. Meanwhile – it turns out that I’ve read a lot of 1954 books since I started blogging, so I’ve linked to them all below.
The House of the Pelican by Elisabeth Kyle
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
The Escape of the King by Jane Lane
An Impossible Marriage by Pamela Hansford Johnson
Corpses in Enderby by George Bellairs
The Children of Greene Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
A Woman in Berlin by Marta Hillers
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
The Watersplash by Patricia Wentworth
I’m impressed. The only one I’ve read since blogging – which means since May 2009 – is Bonjour Tristesse. My 50s reading is sorely lacking it seems! Steinbeck would have been a good one – but you can’t do everything.
Whispering Gums,
I’ll get around to the Steinbeck sometime, he’s another one I’m trying to complete, eventually!
Wow – so many for 1954 – it really was a great year, wasn’t it??
kaggsysbookishramblings,
Yes it was a real surprise to me how many well known books were published that year.
Many of these titles are new to me. Some I want to read. I haven’t read The Watersplash by Patricia Wentworth yet. I haven’t read anything by George Bellairs and I keep meaning to.
tracybham,
I’ve read a few by George Bellairs now and have enjoyed them.
I always mean to join in me then life gets in the way! I need to be more prepared.
Jo,
It seems like a long way away and then – wham – it’s upon you, it’s just typical that we’ve been away and offline for most of the week.