The 1925 Club Reading Week

Published on by Margaret

Tomorrow sees the start of 10th Anniversary Club Reading Week hosted by Simon and Karen and the start of the next bi-annual event from 20th to 26th October 2025. They are asking readers across the internet to join together to build up a picture of the year 1925 in books – you can read, share, review and comment on any book from the year in question; you can get involved as much or as little as you like. You could read one book or several; it’s low pressure and you have a wide choice of reading matter! There will be a dedicated page for the club where Karen will share links to other people’s posts and reviews.

These are books published in 1925 that I’ve read previously:

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald – a portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess. As I first read this before I had my blog I may re-read it this week.

The Painted Veil by W Somerset Maugham

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Wood – this is the story of one day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway. She is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Mrs Dalloway first appeared in Virginia Woolf’s short story, Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street published in The Dial magazine in 1923. This is another book I first read before I began my blog.

I don’t think I have any other books published in 1925! I’m looking forward to seeing what others read,

4 thoughts on “The 1925 Club Reading Week”

  1. I always like these events, Margaret. They give a nice perspective on a particular year. They also, I think, let people explore different authors. You’ve reminded me, too, that I must read some more Woolf.

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  3. The Reading Week events always sound like so much fun but — I’m rarely organized enough to participate. That doesn’t prevent me, however, from enjoying the reviews and from seeing how a particular year shapes up from a bookish perspective! I love re-reading BTW; both Gatsby and Dallaway sound like perfect candidates!

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