{"id":394,"date":"2015-11-23T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/23\/books-beside-my-bed-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:21:21","slug":"books-beside-my-bed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/23\/books-beside-my-bed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Beside My Bed #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My reading has been a little disjointed lately. \u00a0I keep picking things up and putting them down, not because I am not enjoying them, but because I keep getting distracted by other books. \u00a0Sometimes I think having a lot of books to choose from makes it harder to stick to one. \u00a0The grass is always greener. \u00a0I’ll give you a quick rundown of what I have been dipping in and out of.<\/p>\n

First of all, I just started Best Little Stories From The White House<\/em> by C. Brian Kelly. \u00a0It is a book my dad loaned me and isn’t something I would necessarily have picked up on my own. \u00a0It is what the title says, little stories or vignettes of various presidents or those surrounding them. \u00a0They aren’t necessarily amazing stories but many are interesting or charming insights into the people and their lives. \u00a0I like the description quoted of Dolley Madison. \u00a0She was “a fine, portly, buxom dame who has a smile and a pleasant word for everybody.” That just makes me feel as if I would like to know her.<\/p>\n

I have been reading the Provincial Lady<\/em> books by E.M. Delafield. \u00a0I have read the first two before and always enjoy rereading them. \u00a0I only recently bought a Virago edition that also has The Provincial Lady in America<\/em> and The Provincial Lady in Wartime<\/em> so those are both new to me. \u00a0I am enjoying them very much. \u00a0The Provincial Lady<\/em> books just make me happy. \u00a0I love her wry observations.<\/p>\n

I just finished A Small Death in the Great Glen<\/em> by A.D. Scott. \u00a0It is a mystery set in the Highlands of 1950s Scotland. A small boy is dead and the newspaper staff ends up investigating. \u00a0It sounded like an easy read that I would enjoy but it just never worked for me. \u00a0The story felt a bit disjointed and I never cared that much about any of the characters even though I obviously should have. \u00a0I found myself skimming just to get the basic plot outline. It was a pity because I felt it had real potential. \u00a0Maybe it was just me because I see it is the first in a series and it gets decent ratings.<\/p>\n

I am also reading The Passing Bells<\/em> by Phillip Rock. \u00a0I just started this last night (because obviously I needed another book on the go) and am enjoying it so far. \u00a0It is the first of a trilogy, a family drama beginning in the summer of 1914. \u00a0It revolves around the family, friends, and servants of Abingdon Pryory. \u00a0I am still at the stage where all the characters are getting introduced but so far I am enjoying it.<\/p>\n

I am resisting the urge to pull any more books off my shelves. \u00a0I woke up this morning wanting to reread This Rough Magic<\/em> by Mary Stewart. \u00a0(I don’t know, is it odd to wake up thinking about the book you want to read?) However, I managed to resist for now. \u00a0I’ll wait until I have finished some of these. \u00a0I do love Mary Stewart though…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My reading has been a little disjointed lately. \u00a0I keep picking things up and putting them down, not because I am not enjoying them, but because I keep getting distracted by other books. \u00a0Sometimes I think having a lot of books to choose from makes it harder to stick to one. \u00a0The grass is always greener. \u00a0I’ll give you a quick rundown of what I have been dipping in and out of. First of all, I just started Best Little Stories From The White House by C. Brian Kelly. \u00a0It is a book my dad loaned me and isn’t something I would necessarily have picked up on my own. \u00a0It is what the title says, little stories or vignettes of various presidents or those surrounding them. \u00a0They aren’t necessarily amazing stories but many are interesting or charming insights into the people and their lives. \u00a0I like the description quoted of Dolley Madison. \u00a0She was “a fine, portly, buxom dame who has a smile and a pleasant word for everybody.” That just makes me feel as if I would like to know her. I have been reading the Provincial Lady books by E.M. Delafield. \u00a0I have read the first two before and always enjoy rereading them. \u00a0I only recently bought a Virago edition that also has The Provincial Lady in America and The Provincial Lady in Wartime so those are both new to me. \u00a0I am enjoying them very much. \u00a0The Provincial Lady books just make me happy. \u00a0I love her wry observations. I just finished A Small Death in the Great Glen by A.D. Scott. \u00a0It is a mystery set in the Highlands of 1950s Scotland. A small boy is dead and the newspaper staff ends up investigating. \u00a0It sounded like an easy read that I would enjoy but it just never worked for me. \u00a0The story felt a bit disjointed and I never cared that much about any of the characters even though I obviously should have. \u00a0I found myself skimming just to get the basic plot outline. It was a pity because I felt it had real potential. \u00a0Maybe it was just me because I see it is the first in a series and it gets decent ratings. I am also reading The Passing Bells by Phillip Rock. \u00a0I just started this last night (because obviously I needed another book on the go) and am enjoying it so far. \u00a0It is the first of a trilogy, a family drama beginning in the summer of 1914. \u00a0It revolves around the family, friends, and servants of Abingdon Pryory. \u00a0I am still at the stage where all the characters are getting introduced but so far I am enjoying it. I am resisting the urge to pull any more books off my shelves. \u00a0I woke up this morning wanting to reread This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart. \u00a0(I don’t know, is it odd to wake up thinking about the book you want to read?) However, I managed to resist for now. \u00a0I’ll wait until I have finished some of these. \u00a0I do love Mary Stewart though…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":536,"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":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-beside-my-bed"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","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=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2909,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions\/2909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}