tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post2153583239173298058..comments2024-03-27T18:53:47.254-04:00Comments on Staircase Wit: Bookshelf Traveling - September 19CLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-5547382666108045822020-09-25T17:02:42.261-04:002020-09-25T17:02:42.261-04:00This is absolutely my favorite kind of post nowada...This is absolutely my favorite kind of post nowadays. I love browsing the shelves of others, especially book bloggers. You never know what you are going to spot, what memories will be triggered, or where your snooping will take you after looking at what's on someone else's shelves. Thanks for sharing. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-39407669049914442082020-09-24T09:22:06.273-04:002020-09-24T09:22:06.273-04:00Except for While Still We Live which I reread peri...Except for While Still We Live which I reread periodically, I haven't reread MacInnes for years but I think she will hold up well and I loved finding a video of her speaking. I haven't had a chance to ask my mother what she knows about Highet's and MacInnes's years at Columbia but I know she and their son were at Harvard about the same time and she kept her eyes open in case Helen happened to be visiting (the Radcliffe dorms were far away from the Harvard houses so it is unlikely their paths would have crossed but that doesn't mean one shouldn't be alert!).<br /><br />Evelyn Anthony was certainly in the library with others of this era like Gaskin but I never picked any up. A review on Goodreads inspired me to read all her suspense novels about six years ago and I really enjoyed them (there may even be one or two left my system doesn't own). Her female characters are very brave and asked to do scary things yet are treated with incredible sexism, which I am sure would have been typical of the era (or any era!). I thought some Anthony books would turn up at used book sales but I only see her biographies which don't interest me as much. A friend just had a granddaughter named Evelyn yesterday - it is not a common name these days but I like it.<br /><br />Valerie Anand is not as well known but has carved out a good career for herself once she realized mysteries are more profitable than most historical fiction. CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-76170983391747033962020-09-22T13:28:28.643-04:002020-09-22T13:28:28.643-04:00This is a lovely post, sorry I am so late to visit...This is a lovely post, sorry I am so late to visit. I enjoyed many Helen MacInnes books when I was younger, and I have some on my TBR piles. I think I can locate my copy of While We Still Live, I will have to pull it off the shelf soon.<br /><br />Catherine Gaskin is not an author that I am familiar with. I have read a lot of historical mysteries but not so much historical fiction. Valerie Anand is also new to me, and it is interesting that she also writes as Fiona Buckley. I have heard the name, although I haven't tried her books. <br /><br />I am not very organized with my book shelving, I am always struggling to find places for books. I do usually separate out hardcover books and paperbacks, because it is just easier. Mostly the books on my shelves are ones I haven't read yet.<br /><br /><br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-71980808612457729072020-09-21T15:55:39.003-04:002020-09-21T15:55:39.003-04:00What an interesting blogpost! I read a lot of Hele...What an interesting blogpost! I read a lot of Helen MacInnes books from the library back in the 1970s and have just started to gather her books again. I loved Evelyn Anthony too. I also read Catherine Gaskin books back then too, but somehow Valerie Anand went completely past me, so that's another author to look out for. Thanks. I'm so glad you eventually got that book back.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.com