{"id":309,"date":"2016-08-15T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/15\/comfort-me-with-books\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T02:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T02:37:34","slug":"comfort-me-with-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/15\/comfort-me-with-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Me With Books"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"books--elizabeth<\/a><\/div>\n

I buy books when I am stressed.<\/p>\n

I also buy books when I am bored.<\/p>\n

And when I am happy.<\/p>\n

And when I am…well you get the idea. \u00a0I buy books. \u00a0I buy books a lot. \u00a0I have been trying to cut back but I gave that up as a lost cause as you will see when I list all the books I have gotten lately. \u00a0In my defense, I am feeling less stressed, bored, and unhappy after all these purchases. \u00a0Why mess with what works, right?<\/p>\n

I saw a review of<\/a>\u00a0Love<\/i>\u00a0by Elizabeth von Arnim on Heavenali’s blog. I have read a number of Elizabeth von Arnim’s books but I have never heard of this. \u00a0Obviously, that meant I had to buy it immediately. \u00a0I also ordered a copy of The Caravaners<\/i>, which I have heard of but haven’t read, and a copy of The Enchanted April<\/i>, which I love. I have it on my Kindle but if I love a book I want to own a physical copy. \u00a0I have written about The Enchanted April<\/i> before in this post.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"books-biographies\"<\/a><\/div>\n

I bought two biographies. \u00a0Both were recommended to me after I read Claire Tomalin’s biography of Jane Austen. \u00a0Unfortunately, I can’t remember who recommended them. \u00a0I need to keep better track of these things. \u00a0The first is Samuel Pepys–the Unequalled Self<\/i> which is also by Claire Tomalin. \u00a0I once tried to read Pepys diaries when I was a teenager and gave up on them. \u00a0I didn’t have the patience to wade through the old-fashioned language and boring bits (or what I found to be boring bits as a teenager) in order to read the passages I liked. \u00a0Maybe this will just give me all the good bits. \u00a0Whoever suggested it to me described it as fascinating so I have high hopes. \u00a0I also picked up The Sisters–The Saga of the Mitford Family<\/i> by Mary S. Lovell. \u00a0I got it at the library for fifty cents. \u00a0I always have this compulsion to mention just what a bargain some books are, I don’t know why. \u00a0Anyway, I think someone on Instagram recommended this. \u00a0I keep meaning to read more of the Mitfords. \u00a0Now I have the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\"books-WWII\"<\/a><\/div>\n

I bought three more books about Britain during WWII. \u00a0My fascination with the time period seems in no danger of flagging. \u00a0The first is The Secret Life of Bletchley Park<\/i> by Sinclar McKay. \u00a0I visited Bletchley Park <\/a>when we were in England in April and I found it very interesting. \u00a0I read a book about the actual code breaking but I wanted to know more about what life was like for the people who lived there. \u00a0I am hoping this book will tell me more about their day-to-day life. \u00a0I also bought Living Through the Blitz<\/i> by Tom Harrisson. \u00a0Harrisson was a co-founder of the Mass-Observation organization. Many of the diary compilations I read are put together from information gathered by Mass-Observation. \u00a0I am looking forward to reading a book by the man who helped start gathering the social history of the time period. \u00a0The third book is Backs to the Wall–The Heroic Story of the People<\/i>\u00a0of London during World War II\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0by Leonard Mosley. \u00a0This is basically self-explanatory. \u00a0It is the story of British people during the war, I am going to read it.<\/p>\n

\"book--dorothy<\/a><\/div>\n

Lastly, I bought King Hereafter<\/i>\u00a0by Dorothy Dunnett. \u00a0I finished the Lymond Chronicles and that left me with a Dunnett shaped hole in my reading life. \u00a0I wasn’t sure I was ready to commit to her other series so I bought this. \u00a0It is a stand-alone novel and apparently, Dunnett viewed it as some of her finest writing. \u00a0If it is anything like the Lymond Chronicles I will spend the first third of the book slightly baffled, the middle third resisting the urge to start over so I can pick up the pieces I missed, and the final third galloping toward the conclusion missing sleep in the process.<\/p>\n

There you have the nine books I bought recently. \u00a0Oh my, nine. \u00a0Let’s just concentrate on the fact that I am not bored and that the sight of these books is immensely cheering.<\/p>\n

Why couldn’t I be the type of person who cleaned her house when she was stressed? \u00a0Or exercised?<\/p>\n

But then I wouldn’t have a stack of beautiful books to look forward to.<\/p>\n

So yes, comfort me with books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I buy books when I am stressed. I also buy books when I am bored. And when I am happy. And when I am…well you get the idea. \u00a0I buy books. \u00a0I buy books a lot. \u00a0I have been trying to cut back but I gave that up as a lost cause as you will see when I list all the books I have gotten lately. \u00a0In my defense, I am feeling less stressed, bored, and unhappy after all these purchases. \u00a0Why mess with what works, right? I saw a review of\u00a0Love\u00a0by Elizabeth von Arnim on Heavenali’s blog. I have read a number of Elizabeth von Arnim’s books but I have never heard of this. \u00a0Obviously, that meant I had to buy it immediately. \u00a0I also ordered a copy of The Caravaners, which I have heard of but haven’t read, and a copy of The Enchanted April, which I love. I have it on my Kindle but if I love a book I want to own a physical copy. \u00a0I have written about The Enchanted April before in this post. I bought two biographies. \u00a0Both were recommended to me after I read Claire Tomalin’s biography of Jane Austen. \u00a0Unfortunately, I can’t remember who recommended them. \u00a0I need to keep better track of these things. \u00a0The first is Samuel Pepys–the Unequalled Self which is also by Claire Tomalin. \u00a0I once tried to read Pepys diaries when I was a teenager and gave up on them. \u00a0I didn’t have the patience to wade through the old-fashioned language and boring bits (or what I found to be boring bits as a teenager) in order to read the passages I liked. \u00a0Maybe this will just give me all the good bits. \u00a0Whoever suggested it to me described it as fascinating so I have high hopes. \u00a0I also picked up The Sisters–The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell. \u00a0I got it at the library for fifty cents. \u00a0I always have this compulsion to mention just what a bargain some books are, I don’t know why. \u00a0Anyway, I think someone on Instagram recommended this. \u00a0I keep meaning to read more of the Mitfords. \u00a0Now I have the opportunity. I bought three more books about Britain during WWII. \u00a0My fascination with the time period seems in no danger of flagging. \u00a0The first is The Secret Life of Bletchley Park by Sinclar McKay. \u00a0I visited Bletchley Park when we were in England in April and I found it very interesting. \u00a0I read a book about the actual code breaking but I wanted to know more about what life was like for the people who lived there. \u00a0I am hoping this book will tell me more about their day-to-day life. \u00a0I also bought Living Through the Blitz by Tom Harrisson. \u00a0Harrisson was a co-founder of the Mass-Observation organization. Many of the diary compilations I read are put together from information gathered by Mass-Observation. \u00a0I am looking forward to reading a book by the man who helped start gathering the social history of the time period. \u00a0The third book is Backs to the Wall–The Heroic Story of the People\u00a0of London during World War II\u00a0\u00a0by Leonard Mosley. \u00a0This is basically self-explanatory. \u00a0It is the story of British people during the war, I am going to read it. Lastly, I bought King Hereafter\u00a0by Dorothy Dunnett. \u00a0I finished the Lymond Chronicles and that left me with a Dunnett shaped hole in my reading life. \u00a0I wasn’t sure I was ready to commit to her other series so I bought this. \u00a0It is a stand-alone novel and apparently, Dunnett viewed it as some of her finest writing. \u00a0If it is anything like the Lymond Chronicles I will spend the first third of the book slightly baffled, the middle third resisting the urge to start over so I can pick up the pieces I missed, and the final third galloping toward the conclusion missing sleep in the process. There you have the nine books I bought recently. \u00a0Oh my, nine. \u00a0Let’s just concentrate on the fact that I am not bored and that the sight of these books is immensely cheering. Why couldn’t I be the type of person who cleaned her house when she was stressed? \u00a0Or exercised? But then I wouldn’t have a stack of beautiful books to look forward to. So yes, comfort me with books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-i-bought"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}