Vita Sackville-West Archives : BookerTalk

Sample Sunday is an opportunity to check all the books on my shelves and decide what to keep

Sample Sunday: History Under The Spotlight

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 BookerTalk 13 Comments C J Sansom, Sample Sunday, Sharon Penman, TBR, Vita Sackville-West

A memoir of life in Mao’s China, a boy’s journey through war ravaged Africa and a grief struck Scottish community. Which of these books deserve space on my shelves?

Reading plans

2019: The Reading Year In Review

January 1, 2020December 18, 2020 BookerTalk 51 Comments 2019 in review, Adam Kay, Alis Hawkins, Favourite books, Michelle Obama, Raynor Winn, Rohinton Mistry, Vita Sackville-West

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was the spring of hope, it

Book Reviews

All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West — determined to be free

October 25, 2019October 21, 2021 BookerTalk 29 Comments British authors, Vita Sackville-West

All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West How can I even begin to do justice to a novel so beautiful, elegant and thoughtful as All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West? This is a novel which confounds the stereotypical portrayals of older people often found in literature. I’m sure you’ve come across them. There’s the senile grandparent […]