Elizabeth Fair - The Mingham Air. Fiction. (A Furrowed Middlebrow Reprint 2019 Originally Published 1960). A gentle story of the characters in a village and newcomer Hester who goes to convalesce with her Godmother and sets about organising everyone.
Mary Stewart - The Wind Off the Small Isles/The Lost One. Fiction Novella and short story. (Originally published 1968 and 1960, reprinted 2014). A Quick read with both stories featuring the same young woman - intrepid survivor of cliff falls on Lanzarote and escaped prisoner on the Moors.
Laurie Ogden - The Chimney Swallows. Children's Fiction. (Published 1999). The author and his family live in an old house where swallows return every year to nest. One summer his son John has to spend a lot of time in bed and the swallows nest right inside his room. But then comes the year where the swallows don't return.
Of the four my favourite was...............
Richmal Crompton - Family Roundabout. Fiction. (A Persephone reprint originally published 1948) Richmal Crompton was much better known for a children's books about William. She also wrote many adult books. In Family Roundabout we are shown the matriarchs of two families, and the ups and downs of their children and grandchildren in the years between the wars.The families are linked by marriage and there are other marriages, none of which are straight-forward and happy, but still a good story capturing the time.
I'd like to read more from my shelves but also love to have new books from favourite authors from the library although I found I'd forgotten to order the new Elly Griffiths book "The Lantern Men". Added myself to the waiting list........... 378th!! Might be a while.
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That's a VERY long waiting list!!! I wonder how many copies they have.
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I looked and it's on order due to be published 6th and there will be 73 copies in Suffolk
DeleteI never knew Richmal Compton wrote for adults. Another author for the "must check out" list. Thanks
ReplyDeleteNot sure how many adult books she wrote. I'll check
DeleteI went to see my Doc' yesterday, and took with me Waugh's 'Decline and Fall' (a favourite). I received plenty of odd looks, in the waiting room, every time I burst out laughing. Next time I'll take something less jocular.
ReplyDeleteNever read any by him. They don't appeal to me at all...........sorry
Delete378th on the list!! Wow that is a long waiting list, I think someone should buy a few more copies of this book for the library :-)
ReplyDelete73 on order so will get it before Christmas!
DeleteWow you might have quite a wait for that book! I like her books though. I'm trying to read from my bookshelves and I'm not doing too badly but books are one of my passion and there always seems to be more coming out ha ha. I have got good about not buying any new new ones, only secondhand, but there are so many around even that is too tempting!
ReplyDeleteOnce I thought that I would run out of crime authors to read - But it hasn't happened yet
DeleteInteresting to see what you read. I used to be an avaricious reader and really should start again.
ReplyDeleteI'd be lost without books now
DeleteNorfolk libraries charge 60p to reserve a book. I suspect with free reservations in Suffolk it encourages people to do it. The main reason why I end up having to pay the 60p is when I want a book and it is in store or at another branch and they have to get it in and then notify by email that it is available. We still read a lot in Norfolk though, as you know. I always thought Richmal Crompton was a man!
ReplyDeleteIt's been free for ages now and it's a really good way of getting books moved around from library to library. Before that we used to have to spend time doing stock exchanges
DeleteI had my library, order a Ruth Galloway book, and then had to wait for it. When I felt I should have been 1st in line. I had so much angst with that, that I pre-ordered (Kindle) _this_ new coming one. -smile-
ReplyDeleteI will have it, just when it becomes available!!!!!
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I don't mind waiting, adds to the enjoyment when it arrives
DeleteWell, you may have a wait on "The Lantern Men" but something tells me you will have plenty to read while you wait!
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DeleteYou might come across the latest Elly Griffiths in a charity shop or one of your village/jumble sales before you get to the top of the list... that's a long waiting list, but she is so very popular.
ReplyDeleteYes, it may well turn up somewhere - thankfully there are some people who buy new books and pass them onto charity shops for people like me!
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