Jane Austen
- books, Connie Willis, Dorothy L. Sayers, e.m. delafield, Jane Austen, Jerome K. Jerome, Mollie Panter-Downes, WWII
In Case of Emergency
I was lying in bed the other night wondering what five books I would take with me if I was stranded on a deserted island. As you do. Of course, this led me to wonder how I ended up on the island. Was my ship captured by pirates and after I spurned the captain’s advances, I was put ashore where I stood gallantly waving farewell with my trunk by my side? (the trunk has to be there to contain the books.) Was my ship broken apart on the rocks after a day and night of a storm such as was never known in that latitude before? I made it ashore…
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Little Things #4
Aren’t these the sweetest necklaces? My son gave me the Pride and Prejudice one and the bookworm is from my daughter. They make me happy every time I look at them. ( I was talking about the necklaces but I suppose you can apply that to the kids as well.) I placed a book order online. It is just a miscellaneous collection of things that sounded interesting as I puttered around. I’ll show you what they are once they start arriving. I love the thrill of books coming in the mail. It is like a gift to myself. Plus sometimes I can’t quite remember what I ordered so it is…
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When life hands you lemons…
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But sometimes life keeps throwing lemons at you at high velocity and you don’t have any sugar and your pitcher is broken and the water is contaminated. It has been that kind of week. That is another reason my husband gave me my anniversary gift early. He was trying to improve the week. I am not going to go into detail about what made the week bad, some of it is other people’s personal business. However, this week has gotten me thinking about comfort books because when life stinks the best thing to do is curl up on the sofa under a big…
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The Classics Club
In my wanders around the internet, I came across The Classics Club. I was enthralled. When you join you agree to read a certain number of classic books in a certain number of years. The books are chosen by you and the time period is chosen by you. Fifty books in five years seems to be the typical challenge. You agree to post a review on your blog after every book you read. This is just the kind of challenge I like. So without further ado, here is my list of 50 books to be read in the next five years. It might change as time goes on. That is…
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Getting to know me
I really don’t remember a time when I didn’t love books. I have clear memories of my mom reading to me before I could read myself. I found a copy of Alice in Wonderland when I was about four and begged her to read it. She was a bit doubtful, she thought I was too young for the story, but I was enthralled with Alice. Maybe that was the first time I realized that books can take you to another world. Our house was always full of books. We had an enclosed front porch with a shelf all around the perimeter. I would push my way past the bikes stored…
