Thank you everyone for comments yesterday, sorry I didn't reply individually - I wanted to get Christmas cards and notes done so I can get the jigsaw puzzle out onto the table.
There are four books lined up for the Winter Reading The Seasons 'challenge' so far. These two from my shelves..............although I have read The Long Winter before so will only read it again if I completely run out of reading matter.
Two from the library - Winter in the Air by Sylvia Townsend Warner and The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons
I've got a couple of books here with Christmas in their title that I've been promising to read every December for years and I might or might not get round to reading later in the month but I see there are already 10 library books waiting for me to collect mid month when the mobile comes round - including the most recent by Mike Ripley - Mr Campions Christmas and some other favourite authors new crime offerings, I won't be short of reading!
So glad you got the cards done. Depending on the amount you write it can take quite a while!
ReplyDeleteThe books look interesting. Looking forward to seeing the library bookshelf.
I get most cards done quite quickly but then the letters to go in cards for some friends and family take me ages to get down to finishing
DeleteAn interesting anecdote about The Long Winter. A speaker, Roger MacBride, who inherited Laura's daughter Rose Wilder Lane's literary estate. He traveled to libraries giving talks on Laura, Almanzo, and Rose's lives. The question that I had for him is that long winter...the family nearly starved and struggled to keep warm as the blizzards raged. They made it. I'd always wondered about the rest of the town and was glad to have the question answered: No one died that winter, not one person, and when the weather finally broke, they considered it a miracle to emerge from their homes to discover that.
ReplyDeleteThe Long Winter is such an incredible story - almost unbelievable to think it was true and good to hear about the rest of the village.
DeleteNot sure I'll definitely be re reading it - depends how long our winter is here!
The Sylvia Townshend Warner is new to me but the other three are all old favourites of mine. Happy reading 📚
ReplyDeleteI've read a few of STW books - some are a bit odd - I'll see what I think of it
DeleteI don't think I know anyone who reads half as much as you do. Good idea to get the cards done, especially if posting them.
ReplyDeleteOnly 7 in November which wasn't many, it depends what I've got on TV to keep me company, sometimes I read and watch but sometimes only watch and sometimes all the other hobbies!
DeleteMy friend Gay has just send me a pile more of JD Kirk's, so that's me sorted for a while!
ReplyDeleteI love Laura Ingalls Wilder's writing - I'd never read her until I read her to the girls and then I was hooked.
I tried a JD Kirk - the one about a child killer, but it was a bit gruesome, don't think I finished it .
DeleteI'd never read any LIW until I was an old lady! - well about 20 years ago!
Thanks for sharing your books-I have a little selection of books that I bring out each Christmas and enjoy looking through them. Catriona
ReplyDeleteA friend reads all the Miss Read Christmas books every year, they are really Christmassy - I like to read new - so many books - so little time as usual
DeleteIt's always nice to have books lined up and ready to read isn't it. That's a good little selection. xx
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