It’s been a good week for reading. I finished:
- The Private Lives of the Impressionists by Sue Roe
- Ferney by James Long
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – review to follow later
It has taken me weeks to read Sue Roe’s book, as I took it slowly, savouring the detail. Whereas both Ferney and We Have Always Lived in the Castle are the type of books that demand to be read and it was impossible to read them slowly.
I’ve started reading three very different books:
- Remember Me by Melvyn Bragg – a story of a tragic love affair.
- The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun – Qwilleran and Koko, the Siamese cat investigate an art gallery murder.
- After the Victorians: the World Our Parents Knew by A N Wilson – popular history covering the period 1901 -1953.
I’ve only just started each one, but in their different genres they all promise well. I won’t be finishing them all this week as Melvyn Bragg’s book is 551 pages and A N Wilson’s is 624 pages!
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Interesting choice. I see you are consulting that crazy reading cat!!!
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You had a wonderful reading week! I love the mixed bag of reading you have coming up. You definitely won’t get bored!
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Private Lives sounds wonderful, as does After The Victorians. I need to make room for more history in my reading.
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Oh, I’d love to hear what you thought of We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I really liked it when I read it. I just wish Jackson had written more. I’ve read some of her short stories, and I’ve read this as well as The Haunting of Hill House. I highly recommend them all.
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