Sunday, 18 October 2026

New Book - The Things You Didn't See by Ruth Dugdall (Pages 1 - 46)

 

First Published: April 24, 2018

The novel starts on Halloween twenty years ago. 

Joseph Goebbels: A Life From Beginning To End by Hourly History.

 

First Published: August 20, 2023

RATING: GOOD

This is a short compendium of the life of Joseph Goebbels, one of the most terrible men in Nazi Germany,

The Empty House - Facts

 

The novel takes place in Cornwall. Cornwall is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, Devon to the east, and the English Channel to the south. 

The Empty House 2 - The End (Pages 174 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

SPOILERS!!!

Monday, 12 October 2026

New Book - The Five Orange Pips - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 5 - by Arthur Conan Doyle (Pages 1 - 10)

 

First Published: January 1, 1891

Watson is spending some time in the lodgings he shared with Holmes as his wife is away, visiting her mother.It is a stormy night and someone knocks at the door. It is a man who wants to consult Holmes. His name is John Openshaw, and he says he has a most terrible problem.

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 5 - The End (Pages 274 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD

Nancy travels to New York with Henry, and they stay in Harlem as he knows he can't show himself with a white woman anywhere else. 

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 4 (Pages 154 - 274)

 

The next chapter starts with Nancy attending the opening of the London nightclub, The Gargoyle. The Gargoyle Club was a private club on the upper floors of 69 Dean Street, Soho, London, at the corner with Meard Street. It was founded on 16 January 1925 by the aristocratic socialite David Tennant, son of the First Baron Glenconner. 

Sunday, 11 October 2026

Five Love Affairs and a Friendship: The Paris Life of Nancy Cunard, Icon of the Jazz Age 3 (Pages 88 - 154)

 

The book mentions a group that was named Bright Young People. The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in London during the 1920s. The name was given to them by the tabloid press. They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs.