#1949Club – Some previous reviews

1949 Club, hosted by Stuck in a Book and Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings, starts on Monday and we will all be reading and writing about books published in that year. It seems to have been a particularly great year for publishing – I have previously reviewed eleven books on my blog and thought I would list them before the week begins. If you haven’t decided what to read yet, maybe you can find some inspiration here! The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier – After a slow start, I loved this book about three siblings looking back on their childhood and wondering whether they really were ‘parasites’, as a family member once described them. Since reading this book several years ago, I have read some biographies of du Maurier and can see how some elements of the novel were inspired by her own childhood. Alice by Elizabeth Eliot – This is one of several Elizabeth Eliot novels published by Dean Street Press. Although the title is Alice, the story of Alice’s life actually unfolds through the eyes of her…