Whew! You exhausted me with all your reading. Like you, I read a word or phrase and a memory pops into my brain. Bookmark inserted! My mind is so distracted by all the cool things to do in my house, reading Craig Childs' Tracing Time or my newest find, The Secret World of Weather, by Tristan Gooley. When I can't concentrate on that, I play my piano, knit on a project (one at a time please), or force myself to perform one big housecleaning project. Lately, though, much time is consumed by Substack, both writing and reading all the marvelous post from those I've subscribed to. (call the grammar police!) One substacker I look forward to is you, Fran. Hope your eventual move goes well.
Nice to find you here. I love this book list. Like Ken Goe I read all three in the Wolf Hall series; I’ve lately become more interested in historical fiction. I’m also reading the David Brooks book “How to Know a Person.” Do you think a book on tape qualifies as having read a book? We’re trying to limit the number of hard copy books at home so I read chiefly on my IPad. I think of all the books I want to read but I’m afraid I won’t have enough time (mortal time), so if I can get more books in by listening on the bus that should be a good thing, yes?
Absolutely hearing a book counts as reading it! I’m listening to “How to Know a Person,” read by Brooks himself, and the reader for the 80-hour “War and Peace” is such a joy to listen to. I listen when I’m doing housework or knitting or quilting.
As for historical fiction, please try Dorothy Dunnett. This Scotswoman wrote two incredible series, on set in Renaissance Europe and the other in Tudor England and Scotland and Russia and the Near East. In “Pawn in Frankincense,” there’s a chess game played with real people that has a heartbreaking, unexpected twist. That is in the first series, the Lymond Chronicles.
Back in the 90s, my mom and I would wait breathlessly for the next in the second series (Niccolo). I would order from a bookshop in Edinburgh and receive a signed copy.
She rated a front page story in The New York Times book review.
The slow read includes all three books. See the comment from Nan Alexander. She’s read them, too! I know they are a favorite of my sister Catherine. She has great taste in books.
Whew! You exhausted me with all your reading. Like you, I read a word or phrase and a memory pops into my brain. Bookmark inserted! My mind is so distracted by all the cool things to do in my house, reading Craig Childs' Tracing Time or my newest find, The Secret World of Weather, by Tristan Gooley. When I can't concentrate on that, I play my piano, knit on a project (one at a time please), or force myself to perform one big housecleaning project. Lately, though, much time is consumed by Substack, both writing and reading all the marvelous post from those I've subscribed to. (call the grammar police!) One substacker I look forward to is you, Fran. Hope your eventual move goes well.
Even more books to check out! Thank you, Sue. I tend to play video solitaire when I’m decompressing. The housekeeping sounds like a far better option.
Nice to find you here. I love this book list. Like Ken Goe I read all three in the Wolf Hall series; I’ve lately become more interested in historical fiction. I’m also reading the David Brooks book “How to Know a Person.” Do you think a book on tape qualifies as having read a book? We’re trying to limit the number of hard copy books at home so I read chiefly on my IPad. I think of all the books I want to read but I’m afraid I won’t have enough time (mortal time), so if I can get more books in by listening on the bus that should be a good thing, yes?
Absolutely hearing a book counts as reading it! I’m listening to “How to Know a Person,” read by Brooks himself, and the reader for the 80-hour “War and Peace” is such a joy to listen to. I listen when I’m doing housework or knitting or quilting.
As for historical fiction, please try Dorothy Dunnett. This Scotswoman wrote two incredible series, on set in Renaissance Europe and the other in Tudor England and Scotland and Russia and the Near East. In “Pawn in Frankincense,” there’s a chess game played with real people that has a heartbreaking, unexpected twist. That is in the first series, the Lymond Chronicles.
Back in the 90s, my mom and I would wait breathlessly for the next in the second series (Niccolo). I would order from a bookshop in Edinburgh and receive a signed copy.
She rated a front page story in The New York Times book review.
Wolf Hall is a personal favorite. In fact, I like all three books in the series.
The slow read includes all three books. See the comment from Nan Alexander. She’s read them, too! I know they are a favorite of my sister Catherine. She has great taste in books.