I recently completed a re-read of Dorothy L. Sayer’s Wimsey novels and decided to continue with Thrones, Dominations, which Sayers began, referred to in her letters many times, but never completed. After her death in 1957, she left behind some handwritten notes about the book, as well as a 179-page handwritten manuscript. There was an … Continue reading Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh
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My 2024 in Books
Hello, friends and readers! It's taken me a month to crunch the numbers and titles for what I read in 2024, a very good year in books. I read 104 books, averaging 2 a week. 49 fiction, 20 nonfiction, 15 poetry, 18 graphic novels, and 2 audio books. 70 women authors, 28 male, 2 trans … Continue reading My 2024 in Books
September 2024 Books
Ha, ha, ha, past self. Weren't you cute, feeling smug at writing about August books before September ended, and thinking "I'm catching up!" That was the first heady flush of a writer parent with an empty nest; it didn't last long. (Because, reasons, which I will probably write about later, which involved writing a Paper … Continue reading September 2024 Books
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, Part II, “The Legal Problem”
I'll save you some time and trouble. The gist, laid out in chapter XIV "Sharp Quillets of the Law," concerns a new-at-the-time law: if a person died without a will after 31 December 1925, the estate went to the next of kin with emphasis on the vagaries of the word "issue." In absence of "issue" … Continue reading Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, Part II, “The Legal Problem”
March 2024 Books
I managed to finish six books in March; three were quick reads and three had more heft, both in page count and subject matter. Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism by Joanne Limburg. I really savored this strange book. Limburg, an autistic writer and mother, structures her book as letters addressed to … Continue reading March 2024 Books
Dorothy L. Sayers’ Unnatural Death Part 1
Spoilers ahead for Part 1 of the third Peter Wimsey book, Unnatural Death, by Dorothy L. Sayers, first published in 1927. Before we begin I suggest you skip the fictional Biographical Note by Peter's uncle. It contains spoilers for future books, most notably Strong Poison. It was not part of the early editions of the … Continue reading Dorothy L. Sayers’ Unnatural Death Part 1
Clouds of Witness ch 4-7
Hello! Am I talking to myself? Is anyone reading this or listening? Does anyone care? No matter. I'm reading. And I care deeply. My experience of the Sayers mysteries, having read them all once, is that as a writer, Dorothy set herself a challenge, and then wrote the book to meet the challenge. In Whose … Continue reading Clouds of Witness ch 4-7
Whose Body? Chaps 10-13 (end)
First, some unfinished business from the last section. I was so pleased with myself for recognizing the foreshadowing for the next book in the series, Clouds of Witness, in the beginning of this sentence when Peter is telling his brother why having an amateur detective in the family might be useful: "You may come to … Continue reading Whose Body? Chaps 10-13 (end)
K.J. Boldon 