{"id":294,"date":"2016-10-18T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/18\/book-mail\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T02:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T02:27:36","slug":"book-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/18\/book-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"books<\/a><\/div>\n

I haven’t bought very many books lately. \u00a0I just looked back and I haven’t done one of these posts in two months and today I only have six books to show you. \u00a0Six books in two months is a pathetic showing for someone who claims to love books as much as I do. \u00a0I really need to up my book buying game for the sake of my blog.<\/p>\n

The problem is that my kids keep outgrowing their clothes so all my possible spare cash goes on replacing the barely worn clothes they can no longer fit into. \u00a0Please tell me that a 6’1″ sixteen-year-old with size thirteen feet will eventually stop growing. \u00a0Please. \u00a0And my 11-year-old just passed a practically unworn pair of Converse down to me. \u00a0To me. \u00a0Think about that. \u00a0I just got hand-me-down shoes from my own daughter.<\/p>\n

I bought a few books anyway. \u00a0Just think, I saved myself money because my daughter gave me her outgrown Converse. \u00a0Don’t examine the logic of that statement too closely just nod approvingly and move on.<\/p>\n

First of all, I bought Strong Poison <\/i>by Dorothy Sayers. \u00a0I have read it five million times but for some reason I don’t own it which is a crime because Pete Wimsey and Harriet Vane make me happy. \u00a0It showed up in the mail last week. \u00a0I promptly read it and am now in the process of binge reading all the books that involve both of them. \u00a0At one point Harriet tells Peter that “If anyone ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle.” \u00a0I do enjoy listening to him talk piffle as well.<\/p>\n

I bought a Persephone book, used I must admit, and the sight of its pretty grey cover makes me happy. \u00a0I bought Bricks and Mortar<\/i> by Helen Ashton. \u00a0I recently read The Half-Crown House<\/i> by the same author and thoroughly enjoyed it so when I saw this on Abebooks for next to nothing I snapped it up.<\/p>\n

The View From the Corner Shop <\/i>by Kathleen Hey is the diary of a Yorkshire shop assistant during WWII. \u00a0My love of wartime diaries is well documented on this blog and when I read a review of this on From My Mental Library<\/a> I knew I had to buy it. \u00a0My shelves are groaning under the weight of books about life in Britain during the war but I just keep buying more. \u00a0I am not sure why I find it so fascinating but I do. \u00a0I also have a sneaking wish that I could dress like it was the 1940s.<\/p>\n

The next book I also purchased because of a review I read on a blog. \u00a0Blog reading has a lot to answer for in my book buying addiction. \u00a0Lyn at I Prefer Reading reviewed The Past is Myself<\/a> <\/i>by Christabel Bielenberg. \u00a0This is also about WWII but it is a totally different perspective. \u00a0Christabel Bielenberg married a German lawyer and lived through the war in Germany. \u00a0It sounds fascinating and I thought I probably needed a more well-rounded picture of the war.<\/p>\n

The last two books are both by A. N. Wilson. \u00a0I read and reviewed Victoria: \u00a0A Life<\/i><\/a> by the same author and was very interested in \u00e4 woman and a time period I had never read that much about previously. \u00a0I ended up wanting to know more about what life was like during that time so I bought The Victorians and After the Victorians. \u00a0I have a real interest in the minutiae of life during different times. \u00a0I am hoping these books will provide that kind of detail.<\/p>\n

As a side note, if anyone can tell me how to get those stickers off that Thriftbooks puts on their books I will be eternally grateful. \u00a0They either leave a sticky residue behind or they won’t come off at all. \u00a0It is very annoying.<\/p>\n

Have you bought any books recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t bought very many books lately. \u00a0I just looked back and I haven’t done one of these posts in two months and today I only have six books to show you. \u00a0Six books in two months is a pathetic showing for someone who claims to love books as much as I do. \u00a0I really need to up my book buying game for the sake of my blog. The problem is that my kids keep outgrowing their clothes so all my possible spare cash goes on replacing the barely worn clothes they can no longer fit into. \u00a0Please tell me that a 6’1″ sixteen-year-old with size thirteen feet will eventually stop growing. \u00a0Please. \u00a0And my 11-year-old just passed a practically unworn pair of Converse down to me. \u00a0To me. \u00a0Think about that. \u00a0I just got hand-me-down shoes from my own daughter. I bought a few books anyway. \u00a0Just think, I saved myself money because my daughter gave me her outgrown Converse. \u00a0Don’t examine the logic of that statement too closely just nod approvingly and move on. First of all, I bought Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers. \u00a0I have read it five million times but for some reason I don’t own it which is a crime because Pete Wimsey and Harriet Vane make me happy. \u00a0It showed up in the mail last week. \u00a0I promptly read it and am now in the process of binge reading all the books that involve both of them. \u00a0At one point Harriet tells Peter that “If anyone ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle.” \u00a0I do enjoy listening to him talk piffle as well. I bought a Persephone book, used I must admit, and the sight of its pretty grey cover makes me happy. \u00a0I bought Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton. \u00a0I recently read The Half-Crown House by the same author and thoroughly enjoyed it so when I saw this on Abebooks for next to nothing I snapped it up. The View From the Corner Shop by Kathleen Hey is the diary of a Yorkshire shop assistant during WWII. \u00a0My love of wartime diaries is well documented on this blog and when I read a review of this on From My Mental Library I knew I had to buy it. \u00a0My shelves are groaning under the weight of books about life in Britain during the war but I just keep buying more. \u00a0I am not sure why I find it so fascinating but I do. \u00a0I also have a sneaking wish that I could dress like it was the 1940s. The next book I also purchased because of a review I read on a blog. \u00a0Blog reading has a lot to answer for in my book buying addiction. \u00a0Lyn at I Prefer Reading reviewed The Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenberg. \u00a0This is also about WWII but it is a totally different perspective. \u00a0Christabel Bielenberg married a German lawyer and lived through the war in Germany. \u00a0It sounds fascinating and I thought I probably needed a more well-rounded picture of the war. The last two books are both by A. N. Wilson. \u00a0I read and reviewed Victoria: \u00a0A Life by the same author and was very interested in \u00e4 woman and a time period I had never read that much about previously. \u00a0I ended up wanting to know more about what life was like during that time so I bought The Victorians and After the Victorians. \u00a0I have a real interest in the minutiae of life during different times. \u00a0I am hoping these books will provide that kind of detail. As a side note, if anyone can tell me how to get those stickers off that Thriftbooks puts on their books I will be eternally grateful. \u00a0They either leave a sticky residue behind or they won’t come off at all. \u00a0It is very annoying. 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