Shabby Sunday Meme
I have a lot of old vintage books and one of my plans when I first started blogging was to do a post every week or so that shared one of my cherished vintage books. Then I thought that maybe there might be other book bloggers out there that have some vintage books, heirlooms, or maybe some old books from childhood that they might want to share. I decided to start a weekly meme titled ‘Shabby Sunday’ for those who would like to participate and share some of their old vintage books. Do you have some shabby books you’d like to share? Please feel free to participate. Feel free to use the picture I’ve provided if you’d like to. If you decide to do this meme, please consider linking back to me so that I can see the book you’re sharing.
Today’s shabby share is:
Switch Bitch
by Roald Dahl
Blurb: Switch Bitch is a 1974 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The book is made up of four stories: “The Visitor,” “The Great Switcheroo,” “The Last Act,” and “Bitch”. The stories had been written by Dahl for Playboy magazine and published separately in 1965.
My Thoughts:
Roald Dahl wrote dirty stories for adults? Yes, he did! I ended up getting this in a lot of Roald Dahl books that I purchased online. I was intrigued because I always considered him solely a children’s book author, but it isn’t so.
This book contains four stories that were originally published in Playboy magazine. I won’t formally review this one quite yet because so far I’ve only read one, The Visitor, and it was pretty good but incredibly weird to me. This really isn’t my kind of reading, but I enjoy branching out and reading books like these sometimes. It’s all writing without any illustrations and all the stories do involve sex which makes it inappropriate for young readers.
If you like Roald Dahl and you’re looking for some adult reading, this one is worth taking a look. It’s definitely different!
You can find this book on Amazon and Goodreads
- Hardcover: 210 pages
- Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc; 1 edition (September 1, 1974)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0394494733
- ISBN-13: 978-0394494739
Other blogs who have participated in Shabby Sunday:
Nicky@ An Introverted Bookworm
There’s an oldie but goodie! Love all your vintage books. They definitely bring back memories.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad you like this one, Vanessa! I’m going to try to complete it over the holidays. Thanks for checking it out.💜😊😽
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh man, I love Roald Dahl’s books for adults! Switch Bitch is fantastic for its dry humor. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was so surprised to get this one! Cool that you like reading his adult books. I’ll have to check out the others. Have a great day! 😊💖
LikeLiked by 1 person
Omg! I would have never thought. I think I’ll check this one out. 👍🏻
LikeLiked by 2 people
Haha, that’s what I thought! 😂
LikeLike
Wow! I never knew. Grow up with Dahl. Read him when your of age.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I didn’t either! I do have one or two adult books by him, but not like this one, lol. 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow I didn’t know he wrote adult books too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was surprised myself! 😁
LikeLike
Whoa- I had no idea he wrote anything like this- *mind blown*!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was too! Lol! 💜
LikeLiked by 1 person
What an interesting title and cover art, haha! Thanks for the share Mischenko!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Nel! 💞😽
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well you really do learn something new every day. How interesting.
LikeLiked by 1 person
❤ 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Shabby Sunday is a great idea! I don’t know that I honestly have any really old books like this. I may start keeping an eye out though. Could be fun/interesting.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks so much! ❤ I would love to see other people try it out. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am a Roald Dahl fan and I never knew he wrote adult books, especially racy ones. The things you learn following blogs. Thanks for sharing this one.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I was surprised too, Carla! 😁💚
LikeLiked by 1 person
Dahl wrote smut! Oh my gawd!!😮😮😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lol, he did! ❤🤣
LikeLiked by 1 person