Collected these books I'd reserved on-line from the mobile library.
An old Rumer Godden that I've not read plus 4 various Non Fiction.
Four weeks ago I collected these below
I read nine of them. Details on the Books Read 2025 Page. I've still got the very fat R F Delderfield book. It's got so many people in the first few pages that I got lost. I have read it before - back in the 1970's - maybe I had more patience then -might try it again if I'm short of reading.
For goodness sake don't read Nevil Shute's 'In The Wet' if you are offended by language in common use when the book was written in 1953. I looked on a review of it somewhere on line and a person was Horrified and counted how many times a certain word we no longer use was actually in the book! Which I thought rather strange for someone who was so disgusted!
Have a good Bank Holiday weekend - if you are in the UK. I'm doing nothing exciting which will give me plenty of time for reading.
I chuckled at your Delderfield struggle; some classics do require patience. I am sure of by reading older books with dated language can be an experience. Its time for you to enjoy your Bank Holiday reading bliss
ReplyDeleteDo the people who claim to be horrified at dated language have a problem with modern concepts such as friends-with-benefits, Tinder and other behaviours which horrify me?
ReplyDeleteI am a bit bemused when trigger warnings are given for older programmes on tv, due to 'language and attitudes of the time which may offend a modern audience' and then switch over to be confronted by a brand new drama in which every other word begins with F and violence (particularly towards women) is normalised. No trigger warnings given there!
ReplyDeleteI agree!
DeleteI enjoy Rumer Godden and haven't seen that title before, I'll be interested to read what you think of it in due course. I loved the descriptions of Kashmir in Kingfishers Catch Fire, it sounded glorious.
ReplyDeletePenny
"Cyanide in the Sun" -- ha! That title strikes me as funny, for some reason.
ReplyDeleteWe can't read older works of fiction expecting them to meet our modern sensibilities regarding language.
Sensitivities! I still mourn the loss of Little Black Sambo!
ReplyDeleteMe too! Such a lovely story written by a missionary long before the name became 'racist'. It was the first book I read on my own as a small child and I still have a copy
DeleteGood selection again so plenty of variety in your reading. No Bank Holiday here in Scotland except for the banks who are closed on Monday! Fingers crossed for rain tomorrow as forecast.,Catriona
ReplyDeleteAlways lovely to have a fresh batch of books from the library. I think I've read the Lucy Mangan one.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x