1944 Club
This is the page where I’ll collect together links to everyone’s posts on the books we read and enjoy as part of the 1944 club! Do leave links in comments so that I can add you in – looking forward to hearing what people discover and share as part of our joint exploration of the year of 1944! 🙂
Transit by Anna Seghers
They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
Whatmereadhttp://desperatereader.blogspot.com/2018/10/fridays-child-georgette-heyer-1944-book.html
Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
Kaputt by Curzio Malaparte
The Shrimp and the Anemone by L.P. Hartley
Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
Fair Stood the Wind for France by H.E. Bates
The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth
The Portable Dorothy Parker
A variety from the archives from HeavenAli! 🙂
And a selection from the archives of The Captive Reader!
Company in the Evening by Ursula Orange
The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist
Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham
The Ballad and the Source by Rosamond Lehmann
The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary Renault
Pastoral by Neville Shute
A House in the Country by Jocelyn Playfair
Hopewell’s Public Library of Life
Young Bess by Margaret Irwin
Not Quite Dead Enough by Rex Stout
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
Signe Pipcus by Simenon
Guignol’s Band by Celine
Agostino by Albert Moravio
Gay from China at the Chalet School
V-Letter and other Poems by Karl Shapiro
Inspector Cadaver by Simenon
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Oct 15, 2018 @ 15:15:47
Not got any 1944 books in my TBR pile at the moment unfortunately (this is why I need a bigger TBR pile lol). But here are a few links to books I have read from that year in the past:
Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr https://crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/till-death-do-us-part-1944-by-john-dickson-carr/
Home Sweet Homicide by Craig Rice
Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
The Key by Patricia Wentworth
The Case of the Platinum Blonde by Christopher Bush
Blood Upon the Snow by Hilda Lawrence
The Weight of the Evidence by Michael Innes
Sailor Take Warning by Kelley Roos
The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
A Voice Like Velvet by Donald Henderson
Oct 15, 2018 @ 19:49:06
Thanks for sharing and for posting on the 1944 page! A lovely selection! 🙂
Oct 18, 2018 @ 16:50:09
I hope this is ok. https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/review-a-house-in-the-country-by-jocelyn-playfair-2/
Oct 19, 2018 @ 06:08:31
Thank you! 😁
Oct 20, 2018 @ 19:29:05
The Shrimp and the Anemone was my choice, partly because it was on my ACOB list. Read the Go Between and I suppose there is something of the same innocence in Shrimp. Loved the exploration of Eustace’s character and experiences. The writing is mostly understated, subtle and concise. No need for a 500 page tome here! I liked the imagery of the three legged race and the last words of the novel being given to Minney. Thanks for organising the Club and I hope I’ve posted this in the right place.
Oct 20, 2018 @ 19:34:12
You have indeed, and thanks so much for taking part! This book seems to be getting a lot of love!
Oct 20, 2018 @ 20:01:45
Thanks! On second thoughts my link might better be my Twitter handle @anneonthe shelf
Oct 21, 2018 @ 15:16:54
Excellent! Now people will know where to find you! 😀
Oct 31, 2018 @ 09:20:05
Far too late but here’s a link to what I meant to include at the right date:
https://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2018/10/the-razors-edge-by-somerset-maugham.html
Oct 31, 2018 @ 11:31:47
Not to worry – you got there in the end! 😀