1962 Club
This page is for the latest of our club reads, books from the year 1962. 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! 😀
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Whistle for the Crows by Dorothy Eden
The Weather at Tregulla by Stella Gibbons
Adventures in reading, running and working from home
The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany
The Case of the Reluctant Model by Erle Stanley Gardener
Cover Her Face by P.D. James
Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
An End To Running by Lynne Reid Banks
Hissing Tales by Romain Gary
Autumn Quail by Naguib Mahfouz
The Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
The Courage of His Convictions by Tony Parker and Robert Allerton
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
An Error of Judgement by Pamela Hansford Johnson
Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh
The Wells of St. Mary’s by R.C. Sherriff
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
It’s Perfectly Easy by Mary Scott
Due to a Death by Mary Kelly
Unlawful Occasions by Henry Cecil
A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce
The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
Portrait in Brownstone by Louis Auchincloss
A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre
Life at the Top by John Braine
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
The Twelve and the Genii by Pauline Clarke
Adventures in reading, running and working from home
The Double Heart by Lettice Cooper
The Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn by Eve Garnett
The Clue of the Dead Duck by Scott Young
The Cactus and the Crown by Catherine Gavin
Close of Play by Simon Raven
The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
Fletchers End by D.E. Stevenson
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild
Chips with Everything by Arnold Wesker
Combat of Shadows by Manohar Malgonkar
Morte d’Urban by J. F. Powers
The Points of My Compass by E.B. White
A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denosovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Conversation of Three Wayfarers by Peter Weiss
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The World in Winter by John Christopher
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – by Giorgio Bassini
Lizzy’s Literary Life (Volume 2)
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse by Georges Simenon
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath
R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
A Cat in the Window by Derek Tangye
The Picnic by Shirley Hazzard
Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown
Look Out, Secret Seven! by Enid Blyton
Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild
No Dust in the Attic by Anthony Gilbert
The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
Les bagages de sable by Anna Langfus
Francis Silver by Hal Porter
On the Cusp: Days of 62 by David Kynaston
Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Maigret and the Saturday Caller by Georges Simenon
General Posts
Australian Literature in 1962
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Oct 17, 2023 @ 18:39:12
Here’s my second: Portrait in Brownstone by Louis Auchincloss
Oct 17, 2023 @ 19:04:32
Thank you!
Oct 18, 2023 @ 13:04:32
My contribution: The Clue of the Dead Duck by Scott Young, Neil Young’s dad!
https://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2023/10/adults-without-clue.html
Oct 18, 2023 @ 20:23:51
Fab! How interesting – I never knew NY’s dad was an author!!
Oct 18, 2023 @ 16:26:36
My third:
The Cactus and the Crown by Catherine Gavin
Oct 18, 2023 @ 20:29:04
Fab! Will check it out and link!
Oct 19, 2023 @ 00:35:57
Here’s a second entry: Ngaio Marsh’s Hand in Glove
http://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2023/10/ngaio-marshs-hand-in-glove-1962club.html
Oct 19, 2023 @ 09:45:16
Thank you! 😀
Oct 19, 2023 @ 18:56:20
This is my overview post of the 1962 books I have on my TBR, my 1962 Book of the Year (currently reading) and other books I might have read if I had access to a copy. https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/1962-club-books-an-overview
Oct 19, 2023 @ 19:35:37
Thank you – will check it out!
Oct 19, 2023 @ 20:20:38
One from my part of the world: Combat of Shadows by Manohar Malgonkar:
Oct 19, 2023 @ 20:25:51
thank you!
Oct 19, 2023 @ 23:01:38
How about J. F. Powers’ Morte d’Urban? 😉
https://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2023/10/j-f-powers-morte-durban.html
Oct 21, 2023 @ 19:01:21
Fab, thank you!
Oct 21, 2023 @ 11:24:56
I’m not quite sure if I’m supposed to send my links to you and Simon or just one of you – so I’m sending to both, hope that’s not too confusing…
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/10/for-1962club-holiday-at-dew-drop-inn-by.html
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/10/for-1962-club-moonspinners-by-mary.html
Oct 21, 2023 @ 11:59:32
Not confusing at all and probably best in both places! And I have linked to your reviews – thank you for taking part!
Oct 21, 2023 @ 17:09:06
Thank you! And here is my third one, though (as I mention in the review) I’m now not entirely sure why I thought it was published in 1962 – some of the stories in it were though, so I hope that can count!
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2023/10/for-1962club-johnny-panic-and-bible-of.html
Oct 21, 2023 @ 18:53:48
No worries – we’ll count it! 😀
Oct 21, 2023 @ 12:56:29
My third pick: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2023/10/21/book-review-maigret-and-the-good-people-at-montparnasse-1962-by-georges-simenon-and-translated-by-ros-schwartz-1962club/
Oct 21, 2023 @ 13:45:14
Thank you!
Oct 22, 2023 @ 14:57:43
Sorry to be a nuisance, but I also read Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn and I’m not sure it got added to the list? (I think this is the first time I’ve ever managed to read three books for the club, though I know many people read lots more than that!)
Oct 22, 2023 @ 21:35:13
Thanks! Am away at the mo but will check when I’m back!
Oct 22, 2023 @ 18:18:46
Hi, My last read for the club: Anthony Gilbert’s No Dust in the Attic
Oct 22, 2023 @ 21:34:27
Fab, will check it out!
Oct 22, 2023 @ 18:19:13
Many thanks for hosting.
Oct 22, 2023 @ 21:34:07
Most welcome – thanks for taking part!
Oct 23, 2023 @ 22:16:18
late addition:
The Lost Shore by Anna Langfus (1962)
Oct 24, 2023 @ 18:01:29
Thank you! I’ll catch up and link later!
Oct 24, 2023 @ 00:46:01
Here’s my review of the lovely Apple Bough by Noel Streatfeild, only slightly late. https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/23/apple-bough-noel-streatfeild-1962-club-travelling-shoes
I’m still only halfway through Explosion in a Cathedral, but I’m far enough to know it’s wonderful, so I’m going to try to write an interim review tomorrow, if I’m in the writing mood.
Oct 24, 2023 @ 17:56:38
Thanks! I’m away at the moment but will catch up and link soon!
Oct 25, 2023 @ 14:53:41
My final overdue 1962 Club post is on Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier. I haven’t finished the book, but it is fantastic! https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2023/10/25/explosion-in-a-cathedral-1962-by-alejo-carpentier-john-sturrock-translator
Oct 25, 2023 @ 16:25:58
Thanks! Will catch up and link later! 😊