Books that I am reading.

I have just finished a double volume book – News from Thrush Green and Gossip from Thrush Green by Miss Read – and enjoyed the escapism.  Miss Read ( Dora Saint) was a teacher who started writing in the Second World War and honoured in the new Year Honours List of 1998 for her work in Literature.  I loved the graphic detail found in some chapters, like the taking of tea highlighted in my blog of January 7th.  A light entertaining read.

Another book which I am dipping into, and shall continue to dip into all year, is Jane Brocket’s The Gentle Art of Domesticity.  A truly inspirational book.

I am about to start The Shack by WM Paul Young, a Christmas present from my brother and sister in law.

The Shack up date.  Boy what a book!  Full of questions to be asked and questions to be answered!  Not at all a bedtime book which is when I do my reading.  The story-line was gripping and I couldn’t put it down, but the events in The Shack left me with questions, questions and more questions.  So I have decided to read it again when we are away with time to just sit and read all day, for  I am sure the questions can all be answered in the book.  Go on try it!

Kaffe knits again by Kaffe Fassett. Another dipping in book.  I love his use of colour and the patterns that he comes up with for us to try.  In this book he reworks some of his original designs as cushions throws and scarves, and adds a few garments to try when you are up to speed with intarsia knitting.  So I am going to give it a whirl.

Bed time reading is Rachel’s Secret by Susan Sallis.  Pure escapism.

Queuing up I have The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier and Truckers by Terry Pratchett.  Both books for children.  I have been sorting through stuff and came across them both!  The Silver Sword I read many moons ago, but I have not read Truckers.  It is my son’s book!!

Isn’t it good to loose yourself in a children’s book.  The language is so free flowing and easy to read.  I thoroughly enjoyed The Silver Sword. I have read many fictional books based around the Second World War, where families are pushed to the limit, but in an oh so sanitized fashion.  This was from a completely different perspective and was a breath of fresh air, sad though the story was.  You could really picture the hardship, the beauty of the countryside, the pull on the different relationships.  It is a book that children and adults can read and gain from, well worth the read!

I have been re-reading some of Meave Binchy’s books. Scarlet Feather and Quentins. Both good stories and easy to read.  It is only on re-reading them that I have seen how the books link up.  The same characters but from different angles.  Tara Road will fall into this category too!  Pure summer reading.