...so instead I am reading again.
I have always loved reading. Not just enjoyed the odd book, but loved and craved reading. I came home from my first day of school (reception in SA, prep in Vic, kindergarten in NSW/ACT) in tears because I had not learned to read yet. High standards even at 5 years old! I remember bringing bagfuls of books home from the library as a kid, and reading through dozens in a week. I remember being accused of cheating in my lists of books read over the school holidays in year 7/form 1, and I remember the librarian at school trying to get me to read War and Peace (I had zero interest in it at age 14!)
Instead I discovered the trilogy or series of books.
Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising sequence, Narnia books, Ramona books, Dorrie the witch, Secret Seven and Famous Five, as well as many others.
Now Master 7 appears to have this reading bug too. He reads very fast and processes well. His comprehension is not yet up to the larger and more complex books, but Zac Power and Geronimo Stilton in particular, as well as Tashi and Battle Boy books are consumed at an extraordinary pace.
I have always had an obsession with collecting Agatha Christie Books. In fact there are only a few titles that I am hunting down and then my collection will be complete. They are have all been read and re-read dozens of times.
Last week I read the Wildacre trilogy by Philippa Gregory. This trilogy is not necessarily recommended, but on my to-do list. The third book, Meridon, was a chore to get through.
Recently read over the Summer have been:
Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier (author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Lady and the Unicorn). Interesting historical fiction about fossil collection;
Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger. I enjoyed this so much more than her Time Traveller's Wife. Just as extreme but this was somehow mildly believeable...!
The
Wideacre Trilogy - Philippa Gregory. I love her books, however this trilogy although gripping for the first 2 books, was disturbing. The tudor court books such as The Boleyn Inheritance are much better reading.
Currently on the go are the following books:
Committed - Elizabeth Gilbert (already wanting to argue with her and not even 100 pages in!)
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (makes me realise how ordinary my vocabulary is!)
Can't Eat, Won't Eat - Brenda Legge (brilliant book about Austism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger Syndrome and the issue of eating - love this book)
Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks - John Curran (present from Mr BB at Christmas; reads like an academic dissertation on Agatha Christie's methods. Fascinating)
Excel HSC Ancient History Book 1 - P. Roberts (just for interest - I always wish I had done an Arts Degree!)
Still to come in the next pile which may come to the beach next week are:
Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf (can't believe I've never read it!)
The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas (am I the last person to read this?)
Look Me in the Eye - John Elder Robinson (another one about Aspergers).
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf (I have read this every January since 1992. We read it in year twelve, and every year I get something different from it as my life develops. Mr BB also bought me the mug for Christmas - favourite mug at the moment!)
Enjoy your reading - got any good recommendations for Summer reading?
Just realised that this post is just a list - oh well, a good record for me of what's passing by the bedside table!
J
