Winter Reading
A huge storm has just settled in, 10-15 cm of snow and another 15-20mm
of freezing rain. Time to pull out those snuggies, hot tea and books, lots of
books!
In our home, reading was not just simply encouraged, it was a part of our everyday life. We read as part of school, we read as a family, we read on our own. It was not always easy, some of us read later, a few of us needed the right kind of novel, but there were times when the clan of us would troop out of the library with two hundred different books in tow. On a regular basis. And we would read them.
So here we want to share with you the novels by our beds, on our tables and in our hands.
In our home, reading was not just simply encouraged, it was a part of our everyday life. We read as part of school, we read as a family, we read on our own. It was not always easy, some of us read later, a few of us needed the right kind of novel, but there were times when the clan of us would troop out of the library with two hundred different books in tow. On a regular basis. And we would read them.
So here we want to share with you the novels by our beds, on our tables and in our hands.
Books, Books and more Books!
Renee:
Loving now: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society an
epistolary novel that is very clever and oh so captivating.
Also slowly reading: Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease a very interesting study by one of the doctors featured in the documentary Forks over Knives, makes me again want to throw out all meat.
Just
finished: The Secret Keeper: Kate Morton's new one. Amazingly wonderful read, one of those books you read until the early hours of the morning.
Next
on the List: The Soldier's Wife
Charlotte:
Loving now: We Make Dolls is a compilation of different patterns, very useful and full of ideas.
Loving now: We Make Dolls is a compilation of different patterns, very useful and full of ideas.
Also loving: Wee Wonderfuls full of different soft doll patterns.
And just one more: Intertwined is a beautiful book on how to make gorgeous art yarn.
Next on the List: How to Make Stuffed Animals
And just one more: Intertwined is a beautiful book on how to make gorgeous art yarn.
Next on the List: How to Make Stuffed Animals
Leah:
Loving now: Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times a detailed memoir of a midwife in post war England. Informative and very eye opening on the beauty of birth. The hit BBC show is based on this book.
Loving now: Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times a detailed memoir of a midwife in post war England. Informative and very eye opening on the beauty of birth. The hit BBC show is based on this book.
Just finished: The Woman in White: The author Wilkie Collins brings to life one of the first mystery novels set in the Victorian period. Full of drama, suspense and a creepy Count!
Next on the List:The Light Between Oceans
Books that you can find others reading in our home:
What books are you enjoying these blustery days?
Thanks for the ideas, Daisies! I LOVED the Guernsey book, Renee! Unfortunately our relationship with the library is fraught somewhat by a little complication they like to call 'overdue fines' :( .
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like the feeling that you know there is a good book waiting for you when the dishes are done. You go, girls!
Hahaha DY
DeleteWe had the same problem...for awhile our mom tried opening new memberships under different names : ) you know, her maiden name, married name, middle names etc. now we use Amazon and borrow from friends : )
I didn't think I would love the Guernsey book but I do..it's so good!!!
Are you reading anything exciting?
Hi Daisies
ReplyDeleteJust got back from the library. (As you know,we have a tentative relationship with the library....something about fines.....) Got out the new Kate Morton (read The Forgotten Garden last year) and Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer's account of the disastrous 1996 Everest expedition.
Here's my problem: impatience!!! I can't stand waiting till the end of the novel for the resolution! I read the Forgotten Garden skipping all over the place.
The children think I'm ridiculous.
:)
Maybe something to work on for Lent....patience!
XO D Y
Just looked at your list again....too funny....Into the Silence was right next to the book I got out today (prompted by something I was reading last night online)!!!! I remember because I noticed the name Mallory in the title!
ReplyDelete:)
That is hilarious! I feel the same way with Kate Morton, sometimes the suspense is too great! : ) My mom also skips ahead and reads endings to see if the novel is worth it. Keep reading though because this one has a twisty ending that makes you re think the story.
ReplyDeleteInto Thin Air and Into the Silence are my dad's novels..but they sound quite interesting.
Happy Reading!!