1936 Club
This page is for the latest of our club reads, books from the year 1936. I’ll collect here links to everyone’s posts, and if I miss yours please leave a comment so that I can add it in! Happy reading! 😀
Death in the Back Seat by Dorothy Cameron Disney
Together and Apart by Margaret Kennedy
Întâmplări în irealitatea imediată by Max Blecher (and its various translations)
Little G – E.M. Channon
Miss Linsey and Pa by Stella Gibbson
War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene
The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
Behold, Here’s Poison by Georgette Heyer
Live Alone and Like It by Marjorie Hillis
Novel on Yellow Paper by Stevie Smith
Young men in Spats by P.G. Wodehouse
Lory Widmer Hess via Goodreads
Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
The Swedish Cavalier by Leo Perutz
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Hopewell’s Public Library of Life
The Enchanted Voyage by Robert Nathan
Parrots (a poem) by Rex Ingamells
The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
Laughing Gas by P.G. Wodehouse
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft
Fires by Marguerite Yourcenar
Susannah of the Mounties by Muriel Dennison
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
Minty Alley by C.L.R. James
Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Mephisto by Klaus Mann
The Fortunes of Captain Blood – Rafael Sabatini
A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge
Begin Again by Ursula Orange
All That Swagger by Miles Franklin
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Houses as Friends by Dorothy Pym
No Place Like Home by Beverley Nichols
Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
The Passion Years by Arthur Gask
Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
It Pays to be Good by Noel Streatfeild
The General by C.S. Forester
Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque
The Dark Frontier by Eric Ambler
The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Moray Dalton
Death of Anton by Alan Melville
Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston
A Puzzle for Fools by Patrick Quentin
The Poisoners by George R. Preedy
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
The Holiday Game by Mihail Sebastian
The Weather in the Streets by Rosamund Lehmann
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
The Beauties and the Furies by Christina Stead
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Some bloggers’ previous reads plus posts of interest!
The 36 Most Read Mysteries of 1936 via crossexaminingcrime
Top Ten Books for the 1936 Club via Words and Peace
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Apr 14, 2021 @ 11:51:39
Here’s mine: The Thinking Reed by Rebecca West https://anzlitlovers.com/2021/04/14/the-thinking-reed-by-rebecca-west/#comment-178241
Apr 14, 2021 @ 14:34:19
Fab – thank you! Will link later!
Apr 14, 2021 @ 14:03:43
All Star Cast by Naomi Royde-Smith. Like going to an opening night in 1936!
Apr 14, 2021 @ 14:34:34
Lovely! Will check this out later! 😀
Apr 16, 2021 @ 15:06:56
I read dear Agatha! https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/1936-club-review-murder-in-mesopotamia-by-agatha-christie/
Apr 16, 2021 @ 18:52:37
Wonderful – will pop a link in later!
Apr 16, 2021 @ 15:41:40
I’ve posted my #1936Club review of Elizabeth Goudge’s A CITY OF BELLS:
https://tinyurl.com/fjwmy67y
Apr 16, 2021 @ 18:52:26
Fb – I’ll check it out and link! 😀
Apr 18, 2021 @ 15:35:35
Posted earlier today, Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/review-flowers-for-the-judge-by-margery-alingham-1936club/
Apr 18, 2021 @ 15:51:28
Fab – will pop a link in! Wish I’d spotted this one was 1936.
Apr 19, 2021 @ 02:22:53
There may be a couple of unique books and/or short stories here in my overview post: https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2021/04/19/1936club-finding-books-published-in-1936
I’ll update when I add the rest of my reviews.
Apr 19, 2021 @ 11:50:04
Fab – thanks you! 😀
Apr 19, 2021 @ 08:38:03
Hi Karen – I don’t *think* this is in your list, but I also read South Riding by Winifred Holtby (which had been sitting on my shelves for years – I’m so glad this pushed me into reading it as it was brilliant):
http://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2021/04/for-1936club-south-riding-by-winifred.html?m=1
Thanks for organising the club again, I enjoy all of it – from looking for the books to reading others’ reviews – so much.
Apr 19, 2021 @ 11:47:23
Thanks Rosemary – will check it out later and link. It’s been such a wonderful year to read from and I’ve loved seeing what everyone’s read and written about! 😀
Apr 19, 2021 @ 09:07:34
The other books (besides Death in the Back Seat) that I read for the event are:
1. Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/1936-club-three-comrades-by-erich-maria-remarque/
2. The Dark Frontier by Eric Ambler
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2021/04/16/1936-club-the-dark-frontier-by-eric-ambler/
3/4/5: The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Moray Dalton
Death of Anton by Alan Melville
Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/the-1936-club-three-mysteries/
6. A Puzzle for Fools by Patrick Quentin
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2021/04/14/1936-club-a-puzzle-for-fools-by-patrick-quentin/
7. The Poisoners by George R. Preedy
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/the-1936-club-the-poisoners-by-george-r-preedy-marjorie-bowen/
8. The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2021/04/13/1936-club-the-santa-klaus-murder-by-mavis-doriel-hay/
Phew! As you said, it was a splendid year and I wouldn’t have minded a whole month dedicated to it. There were many that got away from me too:(
Thanks a lot for hosting this event. Have always enjoyed it and admired your hard work. Now off to look for books from 1976.
Apr 19, 2021 @ 11:45:53
Wow, that’s an amazing amount of reading and I’ll check all those out and link later – well done! Thank you for taking part and look forward to seeing what you read for 1976!
Apr 19, 2021 @ 12:46:14
My contribution, review posted just yesterday, is Arthur Stringer’s The Wife Traders (published in the UK as Tooloona). A drama, with a bit of adventure mixed in, it takes place in Ungava. Sadly, recommended only to those with an interest in the ways the Inuit have been depicted in literature.
http://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2021/04/arthur-stringer-unshackled-then.html
Apr 19, 2021 @ 15:55:58
Thanks! Will check it out and link later!
Apr 20, 2021 @ 00:21:39
A little bit of Lovecraft and a chilled out little bull are today’s 1936 blogs:
A Shadow Out of Time, a short story/novella by H.P. Lovecraft: https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2021/04/19/1936club-shadow-out-of-time-lovecraft-necronomicon
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson (ill.), a picture book:
https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/1936club-ferdinand-by-munro-leaf-and-robert-lawson
Apr 20, 2021 @ 09:56:51
Gosh – you *have* been busy! 😀
Apr 20, 2021 @ 20:23:02
I’ve got another delighted squeal for your links!
CARDS ON THE TABLE https://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2014/08/cards-on-table-delightful-psychological.html
Apr 20, 2021 @ 20:44:25
Fab!
May 11, 2021 @ 04:02:22
Thanks for this great recap. I’m so glad I finally participated! See you in October
May 11, 2021 @ 09:52:11
Glad you could join in and I’m looking forward to 1976! 😀