My reading has tended toward "light". I find it difficult to concentrate for very long periods. And there has just been a "heaviness" that makes "light" reading more inviting.
In January:
1. Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen. I enjoyed her stories. I had not read anything by her for years and years.
2. Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim. Very good, I thought. My favorite of hers is still Enchanted April.
Then February was a busier reading month:
Several re-reads by Rosamunde Pilcher. I love her books, actually, I love her characters!
3. The Empty House
4. Another View
5. The Shell Seekers
6. September.
7.Then I will not die an unlived life by Dawna Markova. You'll be seeing more posts about this one.
March was even a heavier reading month, which is good as April is very light so far!
8. Old Books in the Old World by Rostenberg and Stern. These are fun. These women took trips to England and/or Europe every year for book-buying trips for their NY store. It is very interesting to read their accounts of how Europe and GB were doing after WWII and also of the various bookdealers they dealt with.
Two more Pilcher--
9. End of Summer and
10. Under Gemini
11. Peripheral Visions by Phyllis Theroux. A collection of essays/columns. She has a great way of looking at things. Reminds me some of Phyllis McGinley.
12. No! I don't want to join a book club. by Virginia Ironsides. Hilarious. Written as the diary of a woman turning 60. Bits I could have easily done without but overall, so many things I could identify with. The character is engaging. The author knows what she is writing about!
13. The Red Hat Club by Haywood Smith. Another funny, older-woman book. But this is about a group of women who have been friends for MANY YEARS. I will likely do a post on their "traditions" and how they have managed to stay friends and support one another through so many changes. Again, bits I could have done without but a light, funny read with that underlying "friendship is important" theme.
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I know a very elderly man who is in poor health and living in an institution of some sort. He was a professor and a single man always. His passion always has been reading. I have marveled and been comforted that in his aged and infirm condition he still reads much. His wonderful, long time friend who acts as his advocate, has been devoted to getting large print books for him from the local library. What a blessing for this old man to be able to READ. I couldn't help but think of him - and of how much reading (light) must have been a comfort to you these last months.
ReplyDeleteI think I will eventually be very like your friend. If the Lord tarries and grants me that many years. Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to sit with him and listen to how he views the books he reads??? I wish he could blog about it all!
ReplyDeleteI think one of the saddest things that happens for the elderly is the loss of eyesight. You wouldn't believe how big the print was in the last Bible (in several volumes) that we bought for my Daddy. His vision was so bad. That is one of my particular nightmares--to lose my eyesight.