These are just a few titles I'm looking forward to adding to my already very long list of books to read.
- Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear because it's been a while since I hung out with Maisie Dobbs and I miss her.
- At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson because I love social history and I'm passionate about the History of Everyday Life.
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell because I absolutely loved his book Cloud Atlas.
- Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb because you can never have too much Paris in your life can you?
What have you been reading lately? Any recommendations?
I've just ordered People of the Paper from the library and will be reading it for a book club. I have finished Sunday's Kitchen and loved it.
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I heard a radio 4 review on the new Bill Bryson book.....I'm not usually a fan but this one sounds fascinating......
ReplyDeleteMmm...Katie we have a steamer at work but I'm not sure where you access them in the real world. Maybe you could beg a favour from a bridal/ formal shop? They usually have them as they use them to relax creases in delicate fabrics rather than iron them. Let me know if you need more information.
ReplyDeleteLike you Deb I've not read any other of Bill Bryson's books but this one looks interesting especially as a comparison with 'Poetics of Space' as he has named his chapters 'The Hallway', 'The Cellar' etc. Maybe we can compare notes sometime?
ReplyDeleteOoh, I was having a look at Cloud Atlas the other day, thinking it looked rather good... I think I'll search it out at the library.
ReplyDeleteYou definately should Francesca. Apart from being a great read, I think you would appreciate it from a writer's point of view too as he writes in a number of different voices/ genres throughout.
ReplyDeleteThere was a review of the Bill Bryson book in the weekend Age, and an excerpt from it last weekend in the A2 section, it sounds fascinating and I've enjoyed all his other books so am looking forward to this one too! He makes learning fun! Other reading... unfortunately never seem to read much except for people's blogs (not always a bad thing!), the translating I'm doing (finished now, yay) .. and recently also read a book called Water for Elephants which was fiction about life in a circus in the 30s in the USA, just a good escapist sort of read!
ReplyDeleteI've started reading 'At Home' and am really enjoying it. Bryson really does have an amazing ability to synthesise a lot of historical information and distil it into a great yarn. He does stray from 'the house' quite a bit but I don't mind!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip about 'Water for Elephants' too. I've looked at that book a couple of times because of its lovely period cover image. Maybe I should give it a go.
Gary has been reading every Bill Bryson book he can get his hands on. He is currently reading Mark Twain as well.with both authors, he is always chuckling away while reading them.
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