Happy Sunday Shelfie! 😍📚✨
Helllooo friends! I don't usually share Sunday Shelfies on my blog, but I am today! Yay! 🥳🎉
This photo only a shows a small portion of my bookshelves, but still…you can count that...right?
You might be able to catch a small glimpse of books by some of my favorite authors such as Rosamunde Pilcher, Ruby Ferguson, Margery Sharp, Louise Platt Hauck, and Maysie Greig on these shelves. (Also, a few by authors I'm excited about like Margaret Pedler and Anya Seton.)
I'm sure you already know that I'm a huge fan of Noel Streatfeild (check out my Noel Streatfeild Book Collection!), but I also ADORE her YA books written under the name Susan Scarlett 🥰
I wanted to share my current book collection because I just added some gorgeous new vintage editions! Woo-hoo! (So much thanks and love to my parents, my sister Kim, and my in-laws for the birthday money! And, tons of love to Caro (@carosbookcase) for buying me Poppies in England and Ten Way Street! She is always incredibly generous and thoughtful! 🥰💕📚🎁)
[See my Susan Scarlett Instagram Post for better photos!]
Why Do I Love Susan Scarlett Books?
💖 Lively and fun to read
💖 Addictive 'gotta-get-to-the-end' stories
💖 Easy and enjoyable writing style
💖 At least one male and female character (not necessarily the main characters) to love
💖 Cozy details (especially about food and clothing)
💖 Light romances that don't leave you feeling over-emotional or sickly sweet
What I Find Frustrating about Susan Scarlett Books:
❊ Horribly annoying female characters who are lazy, self-centered and absolutely unlikable
❊ I find myself sometimes sighing (possibly loudly and deeply) when there is lack of communication between characters or if the ending feels like it was rushed and I have to go back and see if I'd missed something.
❊ Sometimes the characters' names get confusing because they're similar in some way and I have trouble keeping track of who's who. (Does this happen to you, too?)
BOOK RATINGS:
The Man in the Dark 5🌟Under the Rainbow 5🌟Murder While You Work 4.75🌟Sally-Ann 4.5🌟Babbacombe’s 4.5🌟Peter and Paul 4.5🌟Summer Pudding 4.25🌟Pirouette 4🌟Clothes-Pegs 4🌟
I adore my new vintage book collection but I love the covers on my Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow editions more! 😜 (FUN FACT: I just counted and I only have 36 more DSP FM books to read! I've read 67/103 so far!)
Do you love vintage editions OR modern reprints? (Or both?)
Which cover do you like best? Let me know in the comments! 🤔
Happy Sunday, Beautiful Friends! ☀️💛🤗💛☀️
Thank you so much for this wonderful spotlight on our Susan Scarlett collection! It is an absolute joy to see these books being discovered and loved by readers today. Your post captures exactly why we fell in love with these long-lost Noel Streatfeild gems in the first place. Thank you for helping us keep vintage fiction alive and thriving!
ReplyDeleteYour comment made my day, Victoria! Thank you so much! I never would have had the joy of reading Susan Scarlett's books if it wasn't for Dean Street Press and all of your hard work! I'll always be one of your top DSP cheerleaders! 🥰❤️🎉💕
DeleteI do really like the DSP covers, I have to say. I am enjoying working my way through the Scarletts - I did find it's best not to read them too close together as they can blend in to one another! I won't ever read all the DSPs as there are a couple of war ones that are too gritty for me, but I must have around 50 plus the ones I've read in ebook format ... (OK, I own 56 in print and 33 more in ebook format).
ReplyDeleteYou have such a huge collection of DSP books, Liz! I agree with you about not being able to read the more gritty titles. (Do you happen to know which ones those are?) I keep trying to think of ways that I can showcase my favorite DSP FM covers in my library. Someone needs to invent a bookshelf that's very narrow, but will also hold a paperback book upright with front facing. Also, you're 100% right about not reading too many SS books all at one time. I'm hoping to space out the last three I need to read so I will enjoy them more! 🤩📚💜
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