Well, I’m starting this month off with a much healthier TBR shelf than I had at the beginning of April – sorry it’s not a great photo, but the front row finishes at those two lovely grey Persephones. This of course is down to the fact that, while I didn’t read much while we were on holiday in Iceland (blame social media – I’m going to learn that lesson for our next holiday), I have just had two weeks in flu hell, during which I picked off almost all of the easy books on the TBR (I still have a few Heyers et al. lurking on the back shelf) and read for comfort, and only comfort. Funnily enough, I note that almost the same books were on the front row last time, I’ve just picked off some of the interstitial ones.
I’m currently reading just one book, a biography of Dolly Parton which is exhaustingly detailed. Now, I like Dolly as much as the next woman, and have a Greatest Hits CD, but this is a LOT of detail. And a bit slow. Anyway …
Coming up, well, there are some of the tougher volumes. Having said that, I’m really looking forward to reading Gillian Dooley’s book of various interviews Iris Murdoch did over the course of her life, but I am conscious that I will need to read that one with postits and pencil in hand – ditto the books that come just after it. But then there’s the delight of that Robertson Davies trilogy – I haven’t read anything by him for aaaaages – and then a Virago crime novel and a lovely Persephone, and then good old Tony Benn, which I will either need madly by then or read in celebration, depending on how the election turns out next week (ooh, political).
But first, I have some Kindle delights, because it’s time to pick up the first of Galsworthy’s “A Modern Comedy”, his next trilogy, set in the 1920s. Hooray! I’ll look forward to reading along with Ali, Karen and Bridget as with the first set. And I feel ready for Trollope now, so after Galsworthy, I’ll be straight on to “Barchester Towers”. I can’t wait!
How was your April reading? What delights have you got coming up?
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May 01, 2015 @ 16:53:47
I have run out of April, May has snuck up on me and I have forgotten to do my round up post. May get something posted tomorrow. I read some great stuff, inc Nella Larsen, Elizabeth Bowen and Edith Wharton. My tbr is in crisis (as usual).
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May 02, 2015 @ 06:47:56
Oh no – that’s not like you – I usually get reminded by your one! You did have a good month, though, I recall. Looking forward to more Forsytes?
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May 02, 2015 @ 06:58:38
Yes going to try and read The White Monkey sometime in May.
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May 02, 2015 @ 11:25:30
Excellent, I’ll look forward to sharing impressions with you!
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May 01, 2015 @ 18:08:04
Lovely TBR Liz – very appealing! I am behind with my Forsytes (life got in the way a bit) but I hope to at least begin Trollope soon! 🙂
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May 02, 2015 @ 06:48:36
Thank you! I hope you keep going with the Forsytes, so absorbing. And are you starting Trollope with “The Warden”? I’m hoping to start “Barchester Towers” or the first Forsyte TODAY!
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May 02, 2015 @ 11:21:05
It will be the Warden – I like to do things in proper order! and I will get back to the Forsytes!
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May 02, 2015 @ 11:47:19
You’re in for a treat! I was wondering if you were doing Barchester or Palliser first. Enjoy!
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May 01, 2015 @ 19:06:16
I love Dolly too, and Tony Benn! Enjoy your reading!
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May 02, 2015 @ 06:48:58
It’s great to love both, isn’t it! Enjoy your May reading, too!
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