The House on the Strand | 
Sometimes joy costs 50 cents a piece at the Thrift store!
pickI‘ve become quite fascinated by Daphne after watching 2 documentaries. I didn‘t realise she had written so much. This book written in the 60s when she was in her 60s. Fiction based on historical facts about the house she was living in. Time travel , relationships , history and drugs. Written at the height of the 60s drug culture.
This was her last successful novel. I am enjoying reading her. Next will be some of her short works.
bailedDick Young experiments with a drug that takes him back in time to the 14th century as a disembodied observer.
DNF. I got about half way through and found I wasn't following the parts set in the 14th century at all because I couldn't keep track of who was who.
The first thing I noticed was the clarity of the air, and then the sharp green colour of the land.
#FirstLineFridays
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pickOh. My. Goodness! I was floored by the innovative time travel mechanism and blown away by the modern and medieval stories and gobsmacked by the social message. She was one heck of a writer. I wish she had spent more time figuring out the end. It was campy when it should have been poignant.
pickI am always down for a time travel book. I find it fascinating how different authors imagine the mechanics of the jumps and the areas and people they choose to have their characters see.
Enjoyed the chemical aspects of this one and the period and people he encounters but goodness this main character is misogyny personified. What a brute and a bite he was! Which is interesting of de Maurier to do.
I bought this years and years ago at a used book shop because I loved Rebecca. It didn't have dust jacket. Finally picking it up and how did I not know it was about time travel!!!
pickThe main character, under the influence of a mysterious drug, can travel back to the past. He can‘t interfere in the past events, but the past definitely affects his life in the present. Supernatural elements are intertwined into the story quite organically, and atmosphere, as expected, is dark and creepy.
pickI really enjoyed this time travel novel although the characters are definitely not people I‘d like to hang out with IRL. The “modern day” portions take place in the 1960s. And there were some surprises towards the end.
I read this for #authoramonth.
This cover font originally from 1969 is back in style for a lot of books recently!
Published in 1969. Looks like instead of (or in addition to?) bad trips, du Maurier does time trips for this one! Just started this for #authoramonth and already am intrigued. I am a sucker for time-bending stories anyways.
Stumbled across this one the other day at the used bookstore, and had to buy it even though I had another du Maurier lined up! Maybe it‘ll be two from her this month?!
"Truth is the hardest thing to put across, to other people to oneself as well."
Welcoming this rainy morning with a new book. Daphne Du Maurier's opening lines do not disappoint!
pickWow. As amazing as always.
A very different plot but still full of atmosphere and intrigue. Such a clever writer.
Anyone else notice the similar theme to Outlander?
I'm also surprised by the modernity of this. Having read many of her other novels which are firmly set in 19th century, this is vastly different.
Really enjoying it! 😊😊😊😍😍😍
I bought this the day after I visited Jamaica Inn in December.
A rather different plot to her usual gothic style which makes for an intriguing read :)
Day 5 of #7booksin7days is my favourite book by Daphne du Maurier.
Her best known book is Rebecca, and I‘ve enjoyed all of her books that I‘ve read so far, but The House on the Strand is the one I like best. This is a later work, concerning a man who becomes obsessed with a drug that may or may not allow him to witness the past.
About to leave for Newcastle (and on to Scotland) on the ferry and starting my holiday read. ❤️
A little hard to keep up with all the names of people and places, and sometimes it felt like the author herself struggled with keeping the two stories occuring parallel to each other in order. But it was interesting, and the relationship between the protagonist and Magnus felt like it could have a dedicated book by itself.
I don't know about #favoritetimetravelbook but this is definitely one of the weirdest time travel books I've ever read. Richard Young travels to fourteenth-century Cornwall using his friend's powerful and highly addictive "potion". As he gets embroiled in the past his present life, his health and his sanity are threatened. Eerie, unsettling and ambiguous #julyinbooks18
Really, Amazon??? This is how you package two books?? That‘s not very sustainable. 😡 #epicfail #somebodyfuckedup #youhadonejob
My finds at a Little Free Library I went in search of during my walk today.
pickI am reading my way through du Maurier‘s complete works. She is in my all time favorite author‘s hall of fame. Even her less known works are filled with interesting ideas and beautiful prose.
One more book down and I am in the home stretch of #24in48. Here are my current picks for favorite/least favorite covers.
Thank you so much @umbrellagirl! I love everything! I've been meaning to get Christmas with Anne -which I brought with me to work today! I've never heard of the tagged book but it sounds so intriguing!! 😍😍📚❤💚🎄
'There are few strains more intolerable in life than waiting for the arrival of unwelcome guests.'
#igreads #bookworm #bookstagram #reading #book
Found this at the thrift store yesterday. I had never heard of this title, but it's Daphne du Maurier and $1 so why not? The story actually sounds a little weird - a man takes hallucinogenic drugs and time travels. Has anyone read it?
Finally made it!! #thestrand
pickInteresting book by a trusted author about a topic I normally wouldn't read: time travel. Dick (our protagonist) experiments with a drug his professor friend is creating, which sends him back 600 years to the past. He sees the same people each time.
It's a good book because it's written by an author who really knows how to tell a story. I didn't particularly like Dick. The ending was a bit abrupt, even for me who likes open endings.
so-soPart historical drama, part sci-fi. Dick is taking a drug that allows him to 'time travel' to 14thC Cornwall. He is soon fixated with the past.
His present-day life holds the most intrigue; his r'ship with his wife, his infatuation with his friend Magnus and his unravelling into addiction. However, he is an unpredictable and unlikeable protagonist. There are many clunky moments. Du Maurier's talent for tone and atmosphere saved it, but only just.
pickThis is a terrific book about time travel, obsession, addiction, history and Cornwall. Don't let this list of themes deter you; it is enthralling and scary scary and will keep you gripped to the end. Highly recommended.
pickLoved this! Suspenseful tale of time travel and one man's preference for a time other than his own. The disappointment he feels when he comes back to his own time and his inability to discern past and present at times definitely reminded me (uncomfortably) of how I feel when pulled from a good book.
My brother and his family are in town so I'm enjoying some lazy Sunday reading while my niece lays on her dog next to me and watches her cartoons. This is why I moved back to the Rez - to have moments like these.
pickThis is the first grownup book I remember reading. I was probably 9 - my big sister had just left for college and I was snooping through her room (as one does!). I found this book left on her bookshelves and started reading it right there!
