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An overdue update after last weekend‘s readathons. I read Carrie on the train from Newark to DC, but after that whirlwind trip my brain was mush. So I decided to start clearing some of the short stories off my list, including those pictured. #PSReadathon #31by31 #Spookoween #BirthdayBashReadathon

Twelve-year-old Elizabeth is sent to spend the summer with her distracted, scholarly aunt at a Scottish manor house and finds herself mysteriously able to interact with the 18th-century family who once lived there.

“Time-slip” stories were a huge childhood favourite of mine and this 1975 novel is such a good addition to the genre.

Here are my top 24 reads of 2023. Why 24? Because that's how many covers fit into the frame. 😁

Great little short story.

A radio operator listening for U-boats during WWII catches a transmission form the future. She arranges for a radio to be delivered to a specific place and point in time, hoping against reason to establish communication. A connection over space and time ensues.

Emotional but not melodramatic like these things often are; logical as much as time travel can be; short and to the point; concise—a nice, round story that hit a spot.

4.5/5

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#HidingFromtheLight #BarbaraErskine

#HidingFromTheLight #BarbaraErskine

This is my first Barbara Erskine novel. It is a story about Emma Dickson who is drawn to a cottage in the woods and decides to move there alone. Piers is living in London and because of his job does not want a long commute. The cottage is haunted by Liza, the herbalist. Emma turns to the rector for help but he is in the grip of something inexplicable and dangerous.

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Tomorrow we will be starting our first joint #ChunksterReads2023

We‘ll be starting with the wonderful Barbara Erskine and Hiding From the Light.

All welcome to join us, you can read the book at your own pace and when we have finished the book we will be discussing it.

Tomorrow we will be starting our first joint #ChunksterReads2023

We‘ll be starting with the wonderful Barbara Erskine and Hiding From the Light.

All welcome to join us, you can read the book at your own pace and when we have finished the book we will be discussing it.

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