Perhaps you're right, Abd
Here's another one.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end.
You live several lives while reading it.
William Styron.
Writers at work, 1958
I like quotes.
Happy reading.
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I agree Lorna.
Reading kept me alive for over thirty years not that I am dead now;
far from it!
If we took away books society would collapse our culture lost.
Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.
ncn
Reading kept me alive for over thirty years not that I am dead now;
far from it!
If we took away books society would collapse our culture lost.
Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.
ncn
Does anybody else remember the Miss Read books? Miss Read being the non de plume of Dora Jessie Saint.
I was again introduced to these as a child. I think there are about 20 of them. They are set in 2 small English villages - Fairacre & Thrush Green. The influence of jane Austin is clear Thre is wry social commentary and gentle humour.Some charming observations of nature's changing seasons and a good deal of old fashioned gossip
I still like them
I was again introduced to these as a child. I think there are about 20 of them. They are set in 2 small English villages - Fairacre & Thrush Green. The influence of jane Austin is clear Thre is wry social commentary and gentle humour.Some charming observations of nature's changing seasons and a good deal of old fashioned gossip
I still like them
Hi Abd,
Yes , remember the 'Miss Read' books very well. Enjoyed them. Am doing a bit of research on the author, Dora Jessie Saint. It seems she's still with us, aged 98 !
Will continue when my research completed.
Please chip in , anybody , if you have any more interesting facts about the books.
Another quotation, cos i like sharing them with you.
The more you read, the more things you'll know.
The more you learn, the more places you'll go.
Dr Seuss: I can read with my eyes shut.
Happy Reading.
Yes , remember the 'Miss Read' books very well. Enjoyed them. Am doing a bit of research on the author, Dora Jessie Saint. It seems she's still with us, aged 98 !
Will continue when my research completed.
Please chip in , anybody , if you have any more interesting facts about the books.
Another quotation, cos i like sharing them with you.
The more you read, the more things you'll know.
The more you learn, the more places you'll go.
Dr Seuss: I can read with my eyes shut.
Happy Reading.
Every fortnight the local library delivers a selection of books, audio books & DVD's. Unless I make a specific request, the librarian whom I have known for many years & consider a friend chooses for me. She is very thoughtful.
(I have to be a bit careful when it comes to DVD's. I have been Colin Firthed, Johnny Depped and now Michael Douglased. I don't remember saying I was a MD fan)
back soon with a bit about a book she gave me (with some trepidation):
Animal Magic - Andrew Barrow
It s not a selection of cute animal stories, but a unique & touching memoir by Andrew of his youngest brother Jonathan who was killed in a car crash along with his fiance at the age of 22
(I have to be a bit careful when it comes to DVD's. I have been Colin Firthed, Johnny Depped and now Michael Douglased. I don't remember saying I was a MD fan)
back soon with a bit about a book she gave me (with some trepidation):
Animal Magic - Andrew Barrow
It s not a selection of cute animal stories, but a unique & touching memoir by Andrew of his youngest brother Jonathan who was killed in a car crash along with his fiance at the age of 22
Back to Animal Magic
It is a partly biographical, part tribute to his brother Jonathan,written by Andrew Barrow, a journalist
Jonathan & his fiance were killed in a car crash in 1970.just a few days before their planned wedding. Instead of a wedding there was a double requiem
The astonishing thing is that Jonathan left behind a manuscript "the Queue" about a wedding which turns into a funeral when the bride falls under a bus.
Animal Magic tells of a magical Wiltshire childhood, a menagerie of animals, eccentric relatives, misery at schol, a fathers grief over his son's death & struggle to come to terms with the fact that the police could never prove who was driving. And a brother's love.
"The Queue" was never published despite Andrew's efforts. So some 40 years later he wrote Animal Magic (pub 2011)
It made me cry
It made me laugh
It is a partly biographical, part tribute to his brother Jonathan,written by Andrew Barrow, a journalist
Jonathan & his fiance were killed in a car crash in 1970.just a few days before their planned wedding. Instead of a wedding there was a double requiem
The astonishing thing is that Jonathan left behind a manuscript "the Queue" about a wedding which turns into a funeral when the bride falls under a bus.
Animal Magic tells of a magical Wiltshire childhood, a menagerie of animals, eccentric relatives, misery at schol, a fathers grief over his son's death & struggle to come to terms with the fact that the police could never prove who was driving. And a brother's love.
"The Queue" was never published despite Andrew's efforts. So some 40 years later he wrote Animal Magic (pub 2011)
It made me cry
It made me laugh
Hi readers,
Just rescued our thread again, twas lurking on p 18 this time!
Here's a poem about reading which I thought you may enjoy.
Between The Sheets
I confess,
to sleeping with books,
covers spread open and waiting -
they beckon,
a fluttering of leaves
like lapping tongues.
Oh, their smooth embossed spines.
The tawdry ones are good for a night.
Rumpled, smelling of smoke,
usually borrowed and broken.
They're anybody's book,
sorry, sticky maybe,
used and returned.
The worldly wise leave an exotic taste,
others have the common language
of guttersnipes but
provide good tale.
Some disappoint -
summer flings, read
and dismissed,
important as the sand
shaken from my shoe.
I can't help but embrace them all,
stroking the ones I love,
smelling their words.
After a good read, I'm bushed.
Lying across my chest,
the latest listens to my heartbeat
while I take in what else it says.
Ellen Wade Beals
Happy reading.
Just rescued our thread again, twas lurking on p 18 this time!
Here's a poem about reading which I thought you may enjoy.
Between The Sheets
I confess,
to sleeping with books,
covers spread open and waiting -
they beckon,
a fluttering of leaves
like lapping tongues.
Oh, their smooth embossed spines.
The tawdry ones are good for a night.
Rumpled, smelling of smoke,
usually borrowed and broken.
They're anybody's book,
sorry, sticky maybe,
used and returned.
The worldly wise leave an exotic taste,
others have the common language
of guttersnipes but
provide good tale.
Some disappoint -
summer flings, read
and dismissed,
important as the sand
shaken from my shoe.
I can't help but embrace them all,
stroking the ones I love,
smelling their words.
After a good read, I'm bushed.
Lying across my chest,
the latest listens to my heartbeat
while I take in what else it says.
Ellen Wade Beals
Happy reading.
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body"
Richard Steele
Richard Steele(1672-1729) was an Irish writer & politician.He was a co-founder of The Spectator
Richard Steele
Richard Steele(1672-1729) was an Irish writer & politician.He was a co-founder of The Spectator
Hello,
I decided to take a peek on this thread and see what you'd all been reading since the reading habit deserted me again!
I see I'm not the only one!
I wonder why it comes and goes so much? I used never to be without a book or three on the go. But now, well it's just gone again.
Have just returned from a relaxing holiday in South Devon -- don't sigh and think - "what's that got to do with reading ?" , it has a connection because I stayed on the estate of one of the world's most prolific crime writers , and , she was British.
In a little known corner of the county stands 'Greenway', the holiday home for more than forty years of Agatha Christie.
It's an idyllic spot, remote,hidden and nestling into the steep slopes bordering the River Dart. Newly restored and now open to the public , care of the National Trust, you can stay in the tiny Lodge cottage at the gate of the house and gardens.
The key of the cottage was hidden, and we had 'clues' to find it. When the fuse box where it rested was located, we still needed to phone National Trust head office for more instructions as the code they'd given me would not open the box!
The second code worked and we retrieved the key. It measured about six inches and was extremely heavy and a work of art with its intricate design. My o/h is still rather missing carrying it around -- it had it's own exclusive pocket in his rucksack.
Agatha called her home " The loveliest place in the world" and I totally agree.
We had free access to the gardens and could pop in the house whenever we wanted.
I am missing it so much, but my memories will help me through the winter and I'm hoping I get my reading habit back again soon, with the spirit of the author guiding me.
So, back to bed with 'Dead Man's Folly', written with the boat-house in mind, and where I sat and watched the craft on the River Dart, tack slowly past, on many a warm, lazy afternoon.
Happy reading.
I decided to take a peek on this thread and see what you'd all been reading since the reading habit deserted me again!
I see I'm not the only one!
I wonder why it comes and goes so much? I used never to be without a book or three on the go. But now, well it's just gone again.
Have just returned from a relaxing holiday in South Devon -- don't sigh and think - "what's that got to do with reading ?" , it has a connection because I stayed on the estate of one of the world's most prolific crime writers , and , she was British.
In a little known corner of the county stands 'Greenway', the holiday home for more than forty years of Agatha Christie.
It's an idyllic spot, remote,hidden and nestling into the steep slopes bordering the River Dart. Newly restored and now open to the public , care of the National Trust, you can stay in the tiny Lodge cottage at the gate of the house and gardens.
The key of the cottage was hidden, and we had 'clues' to find it. When the fuse box where it rested was located, we still needed to phone National Trust head office for more instructions as the code they'd given me would not open the box!
The second code worked and we retrieved the key. It measured about six inches and was extremely heavy and a work of art with its intricate design. My o/h is still rather missing carrying it around -- it had it's own exclusive pocket in his rucksack.
Agatha called her home " The loveliest place in the world" and I totally agree.
We had free access to the gardens and could pop in the house whenever we wanted.
I am missing it so much, but my memories will help me through the winter and I'm hoping I get my reading habit back again soon, with the spirit of the author guiding me.
So, back to bed with 'Dead Man's Folly', written with the boat-house in mind, and where I sat and watched the craft on the River Dart, tack slowly past, on many a warm, lazy afternoon.
Happy reading.
Dear Lorna, how lovely, just wonderful to see your name on the forum again.
I have never been a fan of "themed" holidays. On the other hand I have never been on one!. Your escape to Agatha's holiday home sounds like the tonic you needed. I wonder how many other such short breaks are available? Somerset Maugham, Conan Doyle spring to mind. And I'll bet there is a "Yeats Experience" somewhere near here . In the meantime I shall get back to reading Christina Rossetti's "Commonplace". Check it out, I think that you would like it
I have never been a fan of "themed" holidays. On the other hand I have never been on one!. Your escape to Agatha's holiday home sounds like the tonic you needed. I wonder how many other such short breaks are available? Somerset Maugham, Conan Doyle spring to mind. And I'll bet there is a "Yeats Experience" somewhere near here . In the meantime I shall get back to reading Christina Rossetti's "Commonplace". Check it out, I think that you would like it
Dear Abd,
Thank you for your generous greeting. I will check out the Rossetti book you mention.
'Deadman's Folly' is nearly finished and have relived the pathways, setting and atmosphere of 'Greenway' once more. And, of course - didn't guess who dunnit!
Other 'Author's houses', Abd. There's an idea.
I'd love to know anyone's tale of visiting any other properties, author related.
A few years ago I went to Hill Top Farm, in Sawry. Beatrice Potter's home in the Lakes.
Quite comical really. All you could hear was the highly excited cacophony of Japanese voices as they swarmed through the rooms , photographing everything in sight!
So, Abd, Stick with me now and we'll continue the revival of these threads !
Are you game? Good, so am I.
Happy reading everyone.
Thank you for your generous greeting. I will check out the Rossetti book you mention.
'Deadman's Folly' is nearly finished and have relived the pathways, setting and atmosphere of 'Greenway' once more. And, of course - didn't guess who dunnit!
Other 'Author's houses', Abd. There's an idea.
I'd love to know anyone's tale of visiting any other properties, author related.
A few years ago I went to Hill Top Farm, in Sawry. Beatrice Potter's home in the Lakes.
Quite comical really. All you could hear was the highly excited cacophony of Japanese voices as they swarmed through the rooms , photographing everything in sight!
So, Abd, Stick with me now and we'll continue the revival of these threads !
Are you game? Good, so am I.
Happy reading everyone.
Goodness gracious me Lorna, how could we forget Howarth?
The Parsonage ?
My goodness , that's literary royalty!
Has anyone ever been -- please tell.
Have always wanted to visit , and will do -- am determined. Charlotte will always be my favourite.
My goodness , that's literary royalty!
Has anyone ever been -- please tell.
Have always wanted to visit , and will do -- am determined. Charlotte will always be my favourite.
I’m sorry you’re going through this. It’s tough when something you love becomes harder to enjoy. It might be a mix of discomfort, focus, or just the impact of PD. Have you tried shorter reads or using an e-reader to adjust comfort? It’s not the same, but I hope you can find something that brings back a little of that joy.