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4/8/25 - RUTH CRAFT
’ “ This is Nancy,” … ‘ (Craft, 1992, p.12).
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Craft, N. (1992 [1987] ) 'Fancy Nancy'. Illustrated by Nicola Smee. London: Young Lions.
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RUTH CRAFT - ‘FANCY NANCY’ (FIRST PUBLISHED 1987)
First sentence:
'Fancy Nancy used to be called plain Nancy, but one cold November day she changed all that, and this is how it happened.' (Craft, 1992, p.7).
Chapter headings:
'1 Plain and Fancy 2 Fancy Nancy and the Sleepless Night 3 Fancy Nancy and the Long Train Journey 4 Fancy Nancy and the Bathroom Plant 5 Fancy Nancy and the Blue Glass Bead 6 Fancy Nancy Saves the Fish 7 Fancy Nancy and the Swimming Pool 8 Fancy Nancy and the Difficult Guest 9 Fancy Nancy and the Christmas Party' (Craft, 1992, p.5).
REFERENCE
Craft, N. (1992 [1987] ) 'Fancy Nancy'. Illustrated by Nicola Smee. London: Young Lions.
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4/8/25 - BOOK GROUP SUGGESTIONS 2025 - NON FICTION
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28/7/25 - TRACY CHEVALIER (AND BARBARA PYM AND TOVE JANSSON)
'Damn her novel reading.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.220).
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Chevalier, T. (2019 [2009] ) 'Remarkable creatures'. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remarkable-Creatures-Tracy-Chevalier-ebook/dp/B002RI9AV8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 (Accessed 28 July 2025).
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'It is not surprising that there are several Dissenting sects in the town. Of course the main church, St Michaels, is still the Church of England, but there are other chapels too that serve those who question the traditional doctrine: Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Congregationalists.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.24).
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‘One of Miss Austen's books had even featured Lyme Regis, but I did not read fiction and could not be persuaded to try it.’ (Chevalier, 2019, p.208).
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TRACY CHEVALIER - ‘REMARKABLE CREATURES’ (FIRST PUBLISHED 2009)
First sentence:
'Lightning has struck me all my life.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.9).
On religious Dissent:
'It is not surprising that there are several Dissenting sects in the town. Of course the main church, St Michaels, is still the Church of England, but there are other chapels too that serve those who question the traditional doctrine: Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Congregationalists.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.24).
'Lyme was full of Dissenters, though it had a proper church too ... we were proud to think differently from the traditional Church of England, even if I couldn't really say what those differences were.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.62).
'The family were Dissenters - not unusual in Lyme, perhaps, which because of its isolation seemed to be a haven for independent Christians. I had no ill feelings towards Dissenters.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.96).
' "I don't know that Dissenters are any different, really." ' (Chevalier, 2019, p.123).
On reading:
'I went without a new shawl so that I might buy a book instead.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.40).
'Damn her novel reading.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.220).
On thinkng:
'Sometimes I got that hollowed-out feeling too when looking at a sky full of stars or into the deep water the few times I went out in a boat, and didn't like it: it was as if the world were too strange, for me ever to understand it. Then I would have to go and sit in the Chapel until I felt I could let God take care of all the mysteries and the worry went away.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.72).
On evolution:
'The idea was too radical for most to contemplate. Even I, who considered myself open-minded, was a little shocked to be thinking it, for it implied that God did not plan out what He would do with all of the animals He created. If he was willing to sit back and let creatures die out, what did that mean for us? Were we going to die out too?' (Chevalier, 2019, p.98).
' "It is too frightening for many, for it challenges our belief in an all-knowing, all-powerful God, and raises questions about His intentions." ' (Chevaliler, 2019, p.294).
On God:
' "I am sure God has better things to do than watch over every living creature on this earth," ... ' (Chevalier, 2019, p.190).
On Jane Austen:
'This was the sort of situation that she had read about in the novels she favoured by authors such as Miss Jane Austen, whom Margaret was sure she's met long ago at the Assembly Rooms the first time we visited Lyme. One of Miss Austen's books had even featured Lyme Regis, but I did not read fiction and could not be persuaded to try it. Life itself was far messier, and didn't end so tidily, with the heroine making the right match. We Philpot sisters were the very embodiment of that frayed life. I did not need novels to remind me of what I had missed.' (Chevalier, 2019, p.208).
REFERENCE
Chevalier, T. (2019 [2009] ) 'Remarkable creatures'. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remarkable-Creatures-Tracy-Chevalier-ebook/dp/B002RI9AV8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 (Accessed 28 July 2025).
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28/7/25 - THANK YOU - 14 EPIC YEARS - EXTRAS
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28/7/25 - THANK YOU - 14 EPIC YEARS
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28/7/25 - OTHER READING FOR JULY
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THIS MONTH I AM ALSO READING
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THE QUEEN OF FIVES
AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY WITH THE FESTI PLACE BOOK GROUP
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THE SHADOWS IN THE STREET
As with the other Simon Serrailler books I found it a compelling read, with a surprising ending. The division in the Cathedral between the traditionalists and the people who want to bring in more ‘family friendly’ services reminds me of what want on in our Cathedral recently with the music - as well as being a bit like what is happening in the Parish of Basingstoke.
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
I have also read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ for at least the fifth time, and it never fails to delight afresh …
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My daughter, shocked that I had never read her favourite book, ordered a copy of ‘The Little White Horse’ by Elizabeth Goudge. I have read the first few pages but had to put it aside to get on with ‘Remarkable Creatures’. I will probably have read a lot more by the end of July.
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I've read ‘Still Life’ by Sarah Winman which I enjoyed …
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THE VOWS OF SILENCE
My extra reading for this month was ‘The Vows of Silence’ and I agree with many that it is a page turner, but would say at times almost too dramatic. I'd like to emphasise that this is only a minor criticism though.
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I also read ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens as I've heard it recommended by so many. Again a real page turner, so enjoyable but slightly disappointed with the ending (I thought I had a better one!)
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THE GHOST FIELDS
I also read ‘The Ghost Fields’ by Elly Griffiths. I love all her books, all based around the areas of Norfolk I know well and love.
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BY ANY OTHER NAME
Am now reading ‘By Any Other Name’ by Jodi PICOULT. I can’t decide whether I like it as much as her other books but it is compelling reading as I want to know how it ends!
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MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG
I'm reading 'Murder before Evensong' by Richard Coles. It's light and easy to read. His choice of language shows his background as a priest, quite apart from any religious quotes … Probably a good airport read, but I'm enjoying it.
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COROMANDEL!
I'm back ‘in’ India I'm afraid, reading ‘Coromandel’ by John Masters.
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28/11/25 - CALLING IT - 20:19
If I put today’s OUR TEAM photos in alphabetical order you get star billing.
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21/7/25 - MIRANDA JULY
‘ … if Jesus had his sweater over his head and you were suddenly facing his chest, well, you would kiss it.’ (July, 2024, p.70).
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July, M. (2024) ‘All fours’. London: Canongate.
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You would not miss this chance for the whole rest of your life to be blessed by the experience.’ (July, 2024, p.70).
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LIGHTING THE YEAR
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2025
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MIRANDA JULY - ‘ALL FOURS’ (FIRST PUBLISHED 2024)
First sentence:
‘ “Sorry to trouble you” was how the note began, which is such a great opener.’ (July, 2024, p.3).
On life:
‘Who made the stars? Why is their life on Earth?’ (July, 2024, p.38).
‘Nobody knows what’s going on. We are thrown across our lives by winds that started blowing millions of years ago.’ (July, 2024, p.38).
On Jesus:
‘ … if Jesus had his sweater over his head and you were suddenly facing his chest, well, you would kiss it. You would not miss this chance for the whole rest of your life to be blessed by the experience.’ (July, 2024, p.70).
On sexual desire:
‘Now, for the first time, I understood what all the fuss was about. How something beautiful could strike your heart, move you, bring you down on your knees and then, somewhat perversely, you wanted to fuck that pure, beautiful thing. Sex was a way to have it, to not just look at it but to be with it. I suddenly understood all of classical art. The endless carved nudes, Venus in her shell, David.’ (July, 2024, p.73).
On the Divine Proportion:
‘We drank tequila and I wondered if the upside down triangle of his upper body - his bony but broad shoulders narrowing down to his small waist - was perhaps a classic proportion with a kind of ancient resonance. Something to do with Michelangelo’s drawings or Da Vinci or whoever it was. The Da Vinci code. Like if you measured the angles of his upper body would you discover those same measurements in the Bible or inscribed on a Greek vase and would they also correspond, if scaled up, to a larger, cosmological measurement, perhaps between stars.’ (July, 2024, p.82).
On gender:
‘ “Is your child a girl?” Don’t gender my child.” ‘ (July, 2024, p.109).
’Maybe all young men were bisexual now.” ‘ (July, 2024, p.125).
‘ “And you have a child, right? A son?” ”They’re non-binary. They/them pronouns.” ‘ (July, 2024, p.251).
On women:
‘ “Because we were all witches until very recently. We were cast out and burned at the stake only three hundred years ago. That’s nothing. No time at all.” ‘ (July, 2024, p.224).
On Simone de Beauvoir:
‘ “Remember the Simone de Beauvoir quote … You can’t have everything you want but you can want everything you want.” ‘ (July, 2024, p.227).
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July, M. (2024) ‘All fours’. London: Canongate.
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21/6/25 - BOOK GROUP SUGGESTIONS 2025 - GLOBAL MAJORITY
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14/7/25 - ALEX MICHAELIDES
‘ … it’s a portrait of Gabriel … ‘ (Michaelides, 2018, p.66).
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Michaelides, A. (2013) ‘The silent patient’. Amazon [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Patient-most-anticipated-thriller-ebook/dp/B07G17DR4X/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=169470388028&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.D_lTMh11vPGh-xAybu7RKSOGdPm6VmOukjb2cXCkF7Q.7iHZqmUbOheY3Gs_NBtr7WSKLChPC-_5kECEVEWa1MQ&dib_tag=se&gad_source=1&hvadid=696354365260&hvdev=c&hvexpln=69&hvlocphy=1006501&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=12359123970469328508--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12359123970469328508&hvtargid=kwd-637672547190&hydadcr=22582_2214467&keywords=amazon+the+silent+patient&mcid=a972a4158eda3ae393d3b360cfa17cb5&qid=1752415448&sr=8-1 (Accessed 13 July 2025).
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‘A framed photograph of Gabriel.’ (Michaelides, 2018, p.120).
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‘ “It’s Gabriel.” ‘ (Michaelides, 2013, p.65).
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‘ “Hello, Gabriel … “ ‘ (Michaelidis, 2018, p.323).
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2025
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ALEX MICHAELIDES - ‘THE SILENT PATIENT’ (FIRST PUBLISHED 2018)
First sentence:
‘I don’t know why I’m writing this.’ (Michaelides, 2018, p.1).
On thinking:
‘I’ve never been that comfortable with words - I always think in pictures, express myself with images … ‘ (Michaelides, 2018, p.1). ’I tore off a sheet of paper from a pad, and reached for my pen. An old habit, formed at university - something about the process of putting pen to paper helps me organise my mind. I’ve always had difficulty formulating an opinion until I’ve written it down.’ (Michaelides, 2018, p.43).
On working in mental health:
‘I mean, of course I wanted to help people. But that was a secondary aim - particularly at the time I started training. The real motivation was purely selfish. I was on a quest to help myself. I believe the same is true for most people who go into mental health. We are drawn to this particular profession because we are damaged - we study psychology to heal ourselves. Whether we are prepared to admit this or not is another question.’ (Michaelides, 2018, p.16).
On mental health:
‘ … we are made up of different parts, some good, some bad … a healthy mind can tolerate this ambivalence and juggle both good and bad at the same time. Mental illness is precisely about a lack of this kind of integration - we end up losing contact with the unacceptable parts of ourselves.’ (Michaelides, 2018, p.39).
On therapy:
‘The aim of therapy is not to correct the past, but to enable the patient to confront his own history, and to grieve over it.’ (Michaelides, 2018, p.240).
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Michaelides, A. (2013) ‘The silent patient’. Amazon [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Patient-most-anticipated-thriller-ebook/dp/B07G17DR4X/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=169470388028&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.D_lTMh11vPGh-xAybu7RKSOGdPm6VmOukjb2cXCkF7Q.7iHZqmUbOheY3Gs_NBtr7WSKLChPC-_5kECEVEWa1MQ&dib_tag=se&gad_source=1&hvadid=696354365260&hvdev=c&hvexpln=69&hvlocphy=1006501&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=12359123970469328508--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12359123970469328508&hvtargid=kwd-637672547190&hydadcr=22582_2214467&keywords=amazon+the+silent+patient&mcid=a972a4158eda3ae393d3b360cfa17cb5&qid=1752415448&sr=8-1 (Accessed 13 July 2025).
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7/7/25 - E.B. WHITE (AND MAURICE GEE)
’ “ … this lovely world … ” ’ (White, 2022, p.221).
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WHITE, E.B. (2022 [1952] ) ‘CHARLOTTE’S WEB’. ILLUSTRATED BY GARTH WILLIAMS. LONDON: PUFFIN BOOKS.
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LAST WEEK
THE 3RD WEEK AFTER TRINITY
22 SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY CHALLENGE 2025
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' "Charlotte is the best story teller I ever heard" ... ' (White, 2022, p.142).
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E.B. WHITE - ‘CHARLOTTE'S WEB’ (FIRST PUBLISHED 1952)
First sentence:
' "Where's Papa going with that axe?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.' (White, 2022, p.1).
On Wilbur:
' "I'm less than two months old and I'm tired of living," he said.' (White, 2022, p.20).
' "I'm really too young to go out into the world alone," he thought as he lay down.' (White, 2022, p.31).
On Charlotte's web:
' "I don't know how the first spider in the early days of the world happened to think up this fancy idea of spinning a web, but she did, and it was clever of her, too. And since then, all of us spiders have had to work the same trick. It's not a bad pitch on the whole." ' (White, 2022, pp.52-3).
On life:
' "Never hurry and never worry!" ' (White, 2022, p.87).
' "People are not as smart as bugs." ' (White, 2022, p.91).
' "We're born, we live a little, we die." ' (White, 2022, p.222).
On miracles:
' "There can be no mistake about it. A miracle has happened and a sign has occurred here on earth, right on our farm, and we have no ordinary pig." ' (White, 2022, p.110).
'On Sunday the church was full. The minister explained the miracle. He said that the words on the spider's web proved that human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.' (White, 2022, p.115).
On reading and writing:
' "People believe almost anything they see in print. Does anybody here know how to spell 'terrific'?" ' (White, 2022, p.121).
On Charlotte:
' "Charlotte is the best story teller I ever heard," .. ' (White, 2022, p.142).
'It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.' (White, 2022, p.249).
On spiders:
' "Spiders are very clever at weaving their webs, but needless to say spiders cannot write." ' (White, 2022, p.214).
On the year:
' "These autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. Christmas will come, then the snows of winter ... Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again ... this lovely world, these golden days ... " ' (White, 2022, p221).
REFERENCE
White, E.B. (2022 [1952] ) 'Charlotte's web'. London: Puffin Books.
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