1968 Club
This is the page for links to posts, discussions and thoughs on books from 1968 as part of the #1968Club, hosted by Simon at Stuck in a Book and myself.
Please do leave your links below and I will round them up during the week. Look forward to hearing what books you’ve been exploring! 🙂
Links:
The Boat in the Evening by Tarjei Versaas
Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
Bloomsbury by Quentin Bell
Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer
A Small Town in Germany by John Le Carre
No Clouds of Glory by Marian Engel
At Terror Street and Agony Way by Charles Bukowski
Chocky by John Wyndham
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Maigret Takes The Waters by Simenon
Another Part of the Wood by Beryl Bainbridge
Colonel Sun by Robert Markham (aka Kingsley Amis)
The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf
Tigers Are Better-Looking by Jean Rhys
I Follow But Myself by Frank Baker
A Fan’s Notes by Frederick Exley
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover
The Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
I Am Mary Dunne by Brian Moore
The Public Image by Muriel Spark
Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro
Greensleeves by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Adventures in reading, writing and working at home
Rum Affair by Dorothy Dunnett
His Master’s Voice by Stanislaw Lem
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
The Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenburg
A Model Kit by Julio Cortazar
Couples by John Updike
The Grain of Truth by Nina Bawden
Alexa by Andrea Newman
The Young Unicorns by Madeleine L’Engle
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Oct 30, 2017 @ 13:22:17
No Clouds of Glory by Marian Engel
Oct 30, 2017 @ 13:44:28
Thank you! I’ll add a link later! 🙂
Oct 30, 2017 @ 17:46:10
I read and reviewed Eva Trout.
heavenali.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/eva-trout-elizabeth-bowen-1968/
Oct 30, 2017 @ 20:21:22
Oh, you’ve already added my Bukowski link…thanks. I’m about a third of the way through my second book for 1968, Brian Moore’s I Am Mary Dunne, which I’m enjoying. I may even be able to squeeze a third one in.
Oct 31, 2017 @ 09:39:12
Yes – if the posts come from a blog I follow it’s easier to keep up with them!
Oct 30, 2017 @ 21:10:48
I read Chocky by John Wyndham:
https://shereadsnovels.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/chocky-by-john-wyndham-1968club/
Oct 31, 2017 @ 09:38:16
Excellent!
Oct 31, 2017 @ 08:39:20
I just posted my piece on Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem. 🙂
Oct 31, 2017 @ 09:22:35
Thanks Jacqui- I’ll link later!
Oct 31, 2017 @ 08:53:03
Here’s my review of Maigret – I see there’s a Simenon on your pile, so I wonder if you will be reading it too!
http://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2017/10/the-1968-club-maigret-takes-the-waters.html
Oct 31, 2017 @ 09:22:23
I’m not sure as yet…. Trouble is I have too many books for a week!!
Oct 31, 2017 @ 14:18:39
Here’s my review of Another Part of the Wood – haven’t done it justice, but I was anxious to join in as I’ve missed all the other years!
Oct 31, 2017 @ 19:15:40
Thanks! I have linked – so glad you could take part!
Oct 31, 2017 @ 16:38:53
My review of the first James Bond continuation novel Colonel Sun by Robert Markham (aka Kingsley Amis) here. http://annabookbel.net/1968-club-1
Oct 31, 2017 @ 19:15:01
Thanks Annabel – I’ve linked!
Nov 01, 2017 @ 11:26:29
And another one… The Wedding Group, by Elizabeth Taylor
Nov 01, 2017 @ 13:29:15
Thank you – I’ll link later! 🙂
Nov 02, 2017 @ 08:08:10
Another review of Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer! https://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.de/2017/11/the-1968-club-cousin-kate-is-regency.html
Nov 02, 2017 @ 08:29:09
Excellent! I’ll link today!
Nov 02, 2017 @ 08:25:24
My review of two fantasy novels from 1968 is at:
Thanks for organising this.
Nov 02, 2017 @ 08:28:59
Thanks! I will link today! 🙂
Nov 02, 2017 @ 11:41:16
Sorry I’ve put two links in the Here we go post comments! To The Wedding Group by E Taylor, and Eva Trout by Eliz Bowen. Can you add them please?
Nov 02, 2017 @ 14:56:37
I certainly will 🙂
Nov 04, 2017 @ 12:16:22
Here’s my link to my review of Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro
https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/1968club-book-review-dance-of-the-happy-shades-by-alice-munro/
Nov 04, 2017 @ 14:43:05
Thanks! I’ll add a link!
Nov 04, 2017 @ 16:41:52
Here’s my review of Rum Affair by Dorothy Dunnett:
https://shereadsnovels.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/rum-affair-by-dorothy-dunnett-1968club/
Nov 04, 2017 @ 17:07:05
Thanks! I have linked!
Nov 05, 2017 @ 08:24:04
Here’s my final contribution – Elizabeth Bowen
http://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/2017/11/eva-trout-by-elizabeth-bowen-1968-club.html
Nov 05, 2017 @ 11:40:26
Hurrah! Thank you – I will link!
Nov 05, 2017 @ 19:42:17
I’ve read Greensleeves by Eloise Jarvis McGraw https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/book-review-eloise-jarvis-mcgraw-greensleeves/
Nov 05, 2017 @ 19:47:54
Hurrah! I have linked!