Saturday, 12 April 2025

The 1952 Club

This book challenge takes place twice a year and concentrates on one year and one year only. I call it "Read the Year Club". This time, 1952 was picked. For more information, see Simon @ Stuck in a Book and Kaggsy @ Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings (here is Karen's invite and here is Simon's). If you are looking for inspiration, there are a few books from that year that I read already:

Beckett, Samuel "Waiting for Godot" (F: En attendant Godot) - 1952
Hemingway, Ernest "The Old Man and the Sea" - 1952
Steinbeck, John "East of Eden" - 1952
Waltari, Mika "The Dark Angel" (SF: Johannes Angelos) - 1952
White, E.B. "Charlotte's Web" - 1952

I also found some other ideas (Karen has more on her page):

Boulle, Pierre "The Bridge Over the River Kwai" (Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï)
Buck, Pearl S. "The Hidden Flower"
Christie, Agatha "The Mousetrap"
Day, Dorothy "The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist"
Du Maurier, Daphne "The Birds"
Remarque, Erich Maria "Spark of Life" (Der Funke Leben)
Tutuola, Amos "The Palm-Wine Drinkard"

This challenge takes place from 21 to 27 April 2025.

I have picked a story I was always interested in:
Christie, Agatha "The Mousetrap" - 1952

12 comments:

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    1. Thanks, Sarah, I've been participating here for a couple of years now and since it's only twice a year and it makes me look for interesting books, I really enjoy it. You could even do it with non-fiction books. ;)

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    1. I'm really looking forward to it, Stephen. And should I go to London again, I will try to get tickets.

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  3. Thanks for sharing the club! Some great ideas there and I found the more I dug, the more I discovered interesting titles. Looking forward to seeing what everyone reads!

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    1. That's the beauty of this kind of challenge, Karen, and that's why I always enjoy participating. Thanks for organizing it.

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    1. It definitely is, Lisa. Such a great story. And so well written.

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  5. What a great year for marvelous books! Charlotte's Web is one of my favorites, and I did reread it a few years ago before visiting the area where White was living when he wrote the book.

    East of Eden is also an all-time favorite that I've reread twice--again mostly recently when I was visiting Salinas, where it takes place.

    I'm actually not sure if I've read The Mousetrap--if I did it was a long, long time ago! Hope you enjoy it.

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    1. I'm glad you like the year, Jane. I read Charlotte's Web with my sons when they were little and that is always a great reminder.
      East of Eden is also one of my favourites.
      And the Mousetrap, they've shown it in London for decades and I have never seen it. I'm not a huge fan of reading plays but sometimes that's what we do, right?

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  6. I'm going to London next week and I think we're going to see The Mousetrap! My mother saw it when she was 16 so I hope she has forgotten who-done-it.

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    1. I think we talked about that (maybe on your page?). Let me know how you liked it!!!! And enjoy your trip to London, such a great city.

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