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<\/a><\/div>\nTo Say Nothing of the Dog<\/i> by Connie Willis. \u00a0I mentioned this book in a recent post<\/a>. It had just come in the mail which is what made me think of it. \u00a0It is such a fun read. \u00a0Time travel always gets me.<\/p>\n Wartime Women A Mass-Observation Anthology 1937-45<\/i>. Edited by Dorothy Sheridan. I have mentioned before that I am very interested in Britain during WWII. \u00a0I have been fascinated by the other Mass-Observation diaries I have read.<\/p>\n Ancestral Voices<\/i> by James Lees-Milne. \u00a0His diaries of the war years. \u00a0Of Course. \u00a0He was involved with the National Trust. \u00a0Apparently, it has a lot about country houses. \u00a0I read a review of it somewhere and have been keeping my eye out for it ever since. It was described as one of the great diaries, comparable to Pepys. I think his diaries are in multiple volumes but this is what I found first.<\/p>\n The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories<\/i> by Sarah Orne Jewett. \u00a0A collection of stories about life in a seaport on the Maine coast as told through the eyes of a summer visitor. \u00a0The preface is by Willa Cather which leads me to expect good things.<\/p>\n The Makioka Sisters<\/i> by Junchiro Tanizaki. \u00a0This was recommended by areaderofliterature<\/a>. I said I wanted to learn more about Japanese or Indonesian literature. \u00a0She gave me some suggestions and this is what I am starting with. \u00a0She compared it to Jane Austen. \u00a0I am sold right there.<\/p>\n The Land of Green Ginger<\/i> by Winifred Holtby. \u00a0I really enjoyed South Riding when I read it a few years ago. \u00a0I thought I would try another of her novels. \u00a0Besides, I put this on my Classics Club list<\/a> so I am going to need a copy eventually.<\/p>\n To the North<\/i> by Elizabeth Bowen. \u00a0I really enjoy her writing and I haven’t read this one yet.<\/p>\n Keep Smiling Through. The Home Front 1939-45<\/i> by Susan Briggs. \u00a0Self-explanatory at this point. \u00a0It’s England during the war, I am going to read it.<\/p>\n The Children’s War<\/i> by Juliet Gardiner. \u00a0Another book about WWII but from the perspective of the children.<\/p>\n On looking over this list I think it is possible that my interest in Britain during the war years is getting a little out of hand. \u00a0I think I have one more book coming. \u00a0Oh, and I just realized one got left out of the picture because I am reading it. \u00a0It is The Green and the Gray<\/i> by Timothy Zahn. \u00a0It is science fiction. \u00a0My son loves Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars books and I read this years ago. \u00a0I thought he might like it but he is going to have to wait for me to read it first.<\/p>\n Have you read any of these?<\/p>\n Here is one more picture from my walk today, just because it makes me happy. \u00a0I love fall. It is possible I have mentioned that before.<\/p>\n