Announcing the 1936 Club!

Thank you for all your suggestions for the next club year! Karen and I looked through them all and had a discussion, and decided to go with Marina’s suggestion of 1936, which has a good range of well-known novels as well as many lesser-known works, of course.

We did think about evening up the decades by doing another 1970s year, but neither of us were that excited by the prospect… what I can say, the 1930s turned our heads. And it’s a great excuse to use this lovely image that I found on Flickr (with rights for re-use). Wouldn’t this be wonderful on a book cover? I might put it on The Provincial Lady Goes Further, actually, though that’s four years too early for this club.

Obviously six months is a lot of notice, but we’ll make sure to remind you in good time before next April. Already looking forward to it!

30 thoughts on “Announcing the 1936 Club!

  • October 16, 2020 at 12:35 pm
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    Hooray! Already looking forward to it :-)

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  • October 16, 2020 at 12:49 pm
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    It should be a great year and club — quite a treat for the spring. I definitely hope to participate!

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  • October 16, 2020 at 1:46 pm
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    What a good choice. I see there is a Graham Greene I’ve yet to read.

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    • October 16, 2020 at 3:09 pm
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      Yea!, Much better than the 70s 😊

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  • October 16, 2020 at 2:26 pm
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    Oh, I’ll definitely join in – now to find some relevant books!

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  • October 16, 2020 at 3:24 pm
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    It will be interesting to explore what books came out in 1936 and how they reflected what must have a time of wondering where the world was heading. Wonderfully appealing badge too!

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  • October 16, 2020 at 3:33 pm
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    Great year, I have four unread books so I’ll try to read as many as I can for that week. Probably The Jasmine Farm by Elizabeth von Arnim and The Other Day by Dorothy Whipple first, and we’ll see if I can get to the other two after that — None Came Back by Storm Jameson and Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Looking forward to it!

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  • October 16, 2020 at 4:24 pm
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    I have a question on the rules of the club.
    If I want to read a book published in French in 1936 but I have a 1990 English translation does this count?
    Thanks,

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    • October 16, 2020 at 4:30 pm
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      Yes, absolutely! I tend to say people can make up their own rules, but I always go for the year it was first printed in any language.

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  • October 16, 2020 at 4:25 pm
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    Yay, so exciting, I am honoured and delighted that you went with my suggestion. It’s a great year and frighteningly similar in many respects to the times we are living through now. So I’ll try to find some escapism as well.

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  • October 16, 2020 at 4:58 pm
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    1936 falls right in the middle of my fav period, so that is something to look forward to.

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  • October 16, 2020 at 6:49 pm
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    looking forward to it and really hoping to take part so that I can use that lovely badge!

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  • October 16, 2020 at 7:14 pm
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    Fabulous year! I’ve read a lot of these, but maybe I should read something new… Oh, decisions, decisions!

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  • October 16, 2020 at 11:58 pm
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    I’ve got four: Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, The Thinking Reed by Rebecca West, Jungfrau by Dymphna Cusack, and All That Swagger by Miles Franklin. Probably a toss-up between the Orwell and the Cusack because, knowing me, I’ll run short of time, and will need something less long than the other two at 400+ pages.

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  • October 17, 2020 at 2:48 am
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    It seems the one unread book I’ve got from 1936 is a John Buchan, The Island of Sheep, the last of the Richard Hannay novels. I think I’ve got a winner!

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  • October 17, 2020 at 1:43 pm
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    So nice that you have announced this so early (and I lucked out and heard the announcement). I would love to join in and will take a look at what books were published that year. That’s a great photo, too!

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  • October 17, 2020 at 2:32 pm
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    Sounds good but… I already have like… four ARCs that are going to be published this April, so… I don’t know if I’ll be able to participate. But I’ll be watching out for all the blog posts, that’s for certain!

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  • October 17, 2020 at 5:56 pm
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    Something very nice to look forward to and I will poke around in my TBR and on my shelves!

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  • October 21, 2020 at 10:05 pm
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    Excellent. Miles Franklin (aka Brent of Bin Bin) also wrote All That Swagger in 1936. I wanted to read another one after enjoying the 1956 one so much, so this is perfect. Thanks :-)

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    • October 29, 2020 at 6:15 pm
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      Oh wow, wonderful, Becky!

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  • February 16, 2021 at 12:06 am
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    Great, I may join you, as I have 2 of them on my Classics TBR: Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain, and The Swedish Cavalier, by Leo Perutz. I’ll be listening soon to Card on the Table (Hercule Poirot series), also published that year

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    • February 16, 2021 at 6:02 pm
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      Excellent!

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  • March 31, 2021 at 10:12 pm
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    This will be my first participation. Do I take into consideration books read since January 1st? If so, I will have a total of 5 books published in 1936. Let me know

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    • March 31, 2021 at 11:08 pm
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      Hi Emma – great to have you on board! To be included, we ask that reviews are new up this week – but you can have read the book whenever :D

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