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This is a book lovers blog. Most of us are big time
readers and enjoy sharing what we read. The library is a
friend to us all.

I have to confess that I read almost solely for pleasure.
My particular favorites are English Novels and it isn't
easy to find good ones. Elizabeth Buchan writes a very
engrossing book, Elizabeth George is a favorite and I
used to like Joanna Trollope but she has not done well
recently. P. D. James is quite wonderful, too.

Yesterday, I overdosed on an Elizabeth Buchan book and felt
almost the same as you do when you eat too much chocolate.
I was desperate to finish by bedtime and I did but we
didn't have dinner till I finished. Fortunately, I have
an understanding and indulgent husband.

Another find, if you like fiction, is a book called "Caleb's
Crossing" by Geraldine Brooks. She is another favorite
author.

posted on Oct 15, 2012 5:30 AM ()

Comments:

I hope Steve was kidding in his comment.

I still have to get back into my reading. Soon I will have no me time so I need to take advantage while I can.

comment by kristilyn3 on Oct 20, 2012 9:19 AM ()

I love to read but I am acquiring a taste for movies. I sometimes read the books that movies are based on- like recently, I both watched and read, "The Flowers of War", but that is usually out of curiosity to see how the screenplays were constructed. In the last example, the screenplay introduced a central character (played by Christian Slade) who did not exist in the book. Interesting!

comment by dragonflyby on Oct 19, 2012 8:22 AM ()

I thought you women were supposed to be such good multitaskers, yet you can't read and prepare dinner for your husbands at the same time???

comment by steve on Oct 16, 2012 6:01 PM ()

How can I do mundane chores when I am transported to another time and world?

reply by elderjane on Oct 17, 2012 5:17 AM ()

Kudos for you. While I love to read, I'm off novels for awhile. Non-fiction has my attention these days.

comment by solitaire on Oct 16, 2012 5:03 AM ()

reply by elderjane on Oct 17, 2012 5:18 AM ()

books are great to have on travels --a lot of caravan parks have a swap room for books and videos .
No particular author i like just a good fantasy tale

comment by kevinshere on Oct 16, 2012 2:32 AM ()

I read a good fantasy called The Night Circus. It was our book club
selection. You might like it.

reply by elderjane on Oct 16, 2012 4:59 AM ()

This summer I started a book that I thought was pretty good, a cop procedural. I actually said to myself, This is a good book for once, I hope I like it all the way through. Mr. YouKnow saw I was reading it and said "I see you're reading THAT book. It started out good, but I was disappointed with the writing as the story developed." Rats!

comment by troutbend on Oct 15, 2012 1:24 PM ()

If you haven't read Thomas Perry, try him. He wrote a series about Jane Whitehead, a woman of mixed white/Indian heritage who becomes a guide for those being hunted by abusive husbands, or for those fleeing the law because they are innocent, etc., or for those fleeing the mob. They are truly page-turners. He also writes about a hit man, not part of the mob but has taken assignments from them. You will find yourself really liking him. The Butcher's Boy is the first in that series.

reply by tealstar on Oct 15, 2012 2:45 PM ()

I hate being disappointed, it is sort of like the author ran out of steam
in the middle.

reply by elderjane on Oct 15, 2012 2:32 PM ()

What happen to the Fifty Shades of Grey.Just asking.

comment by fredo on Oct 15, 2012 1:12 PM ()

reply by kristilyn3 on Oct 20, 2012 9:18 AM ()

The tongue is appropriate. I am too prudish for S&M, entirely too
middle class to enjoy reading about it.

reply by elderjane on Oct 15, 2012 2:46 PM ()

I read for pleasure too, but with so much interesting factual material around, I can't get into fiction. The only books I can remember reading more than once are "A Brief History of Time" (Stephen Hawking) and "The Power of Now" (Echart Tolle) if that gives you some idea of how I spend my reading time... Currently I have a huge volume "Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War". It's kind of like a novel.

comment by jjoohhnn on Oct 15, 2012 10:23 AM ()

Ted is a big fan of Stephen Hawking...Not me! If I read non fiction it is
psychology, philosophy or history. The Power of Now sounds like something
that I would like.

reply by elderjane on Oct 15, 2012 2:34 PM ()

Thanks for recommendations. Now that I have a Kindle Fire I will see if the library has these titles. What an easy way to get books! xx, T (Catch Ed waiting till I finish a book to get his dinner.

)

comment by tealstar on Oct 15, 2012 7:19 AM ()

The kids love their Kindles. It is a wonderful way to get books.

reply by elderjane on Oct 15, 2012 2:36 PM ()

Thanks for the recommendations! Nothing like a good book to take you away for awhile.

comment by maggiemae on Oct 15, 2012 7:16 AM ()

Yes, most of the time I read to enter another world and can shut everything
out. Ted watches TV while I read and it doesn't bother him at all.

reply by elderjane on Oct 15, 2012 2:37 PM ()

I have the complete list/collection in hard cover (with the jackets) of Dick Francis. He is one of my very favorite English authors. Real mystery stuff. Centers on the steeplechase horse world. I am thinking about donating the 30-some-books to the local library.

comment by jondude on Oct 15, 2012 6:52 AM ()

Dick Francis' publisher was Harper & Row and his editor was Joan Kahn, wjp was there when I worked there. I have read his books but find the unvarying horse theme (even though I love horses) wears out for me.

reply by tealstar on Oct 15, 2012 2:48 PM ()

Laura is a Dick Francis fan. You would enjoy comparing notes.

reply by elderjane on Oct 15, 2012 2:38 PM ()

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