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Ali · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject: What Are You Reading Now?

I've just finished a Daphne du Maurier novel, "Mary Anne". I haven't anything else on the go at the moment. A trip to the library is due shortly.

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Melanie · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject:

Is it any good?

I am reading Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens at present. It is a good book, just what you would expect from Dickens, but I find I am in a country mood, so I am thinking of reading an Elizabeth Gaskell book, she is excellent.

Ali · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

Its very good Mel. I like Daphne du Maurier but I was only familiar with her short stories like "The Birds" and "Not After Midnight".
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Melanie · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

I might give it a go.

Ali · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

I popped into the library today and got "Rebecca", another Daphne du Maurier novel, and "A Room With a View", by E. M. Forester.
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Melanie · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject:

I have seen the film Rebecca and thought it was excellent, and I have the book 'A room with a view', and I have tryed reading it but I just cant get into it, so I watched the film of that instead, lol.

Melanie · Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:43 am Post subject:

I have just started reading 'Country Bunch: An Anthology Of The Countryside' by Miss Read. I have read this book before and I love it, it is full of delightful passages from Dorothy Wordsworth, Parson Woodforde, Flora Thompson and many more. It is a good source for other books on the country side.
I love Miss Read, and have all her books. She writes about the countryside in a gentle, loving way. Her books make you happy and this one is no exception.

Ali · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:

I've given up on Forester. I had no idea he was such a slog to get through. I took that book back to the library today and found something which sounds quite intriuging;

"Having the Builders In" by Reay Tannahill. "A delicious novel of medieval rivalry, chivalry and masonry". Sounds funny! Sort of like Grand Designs but 14th century.

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Melanie · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject:

I cant get away with Forester, I gave up on him aswell.
That book does sound good, let us know how it is.

I am still waiting for my new books to be delivered, I do wish they would hurry up.

CarpentersWife · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

I'm reading Home Making by J.R. Miller. It was written in 1880 by a Minister.

It's not a book on home keeping, but on the roles of the husband, wife, children in the home. Excellent! I'm loving it.