Books I read this Christmas
By Alice | Published:
January 2, 2012
Seems like ages since I did this last! These are the books I read over Christmas.
A D Miller Snowdrops
: A central crime story with interesting description of expat life in Russia.
Christopher Isherwood Mr Norris Changes Trains
: Maybe not the best Isherwood? But it kept me reading, again it is an expat story, this one set within Berlin during the rise of the Nazis.
David Hieatt The Path of a Doer
: My sister got this from Santa :) It’s a short book of inspirational statements, you might know the author from his setting up of the Do Lectures and Howies.
P D James Cover Her Face
: The first PD James book, a whodunnit introducing us to Inspector Dalgliesh. After starting it I realised that I’d read it before but as I couldn’t remember who had done it I read it again. That sandwich is my Christmas sandwich which I look forward to it all year :) It contains a tiny bit of everything from the Christmas meal. That’s my dad in the background.
Caitlin Moran How To Be a Woman
: An interesting book, part autobiography, part rant, part making very good sense, it’s good to see gender issues being discussed and in an accessible way.
Kathleen Jones A Passionate Sisterhood: Wives, Sisters and Daughters of the Lakeland Poets
: The wives and children of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, and the other surrounding figures of that circle, had difficult domestic circumstances and had to deal with illness, addiction, and hardly any money. An eye opener as to what it must have been like.
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11 Comments
Surprised not to see The Night Circus there. How are you finding it? Still, a rather impressive collection, if only I was able to read so many in a short time. There are too many books and too little time I find. It tasks me so!
I was leaving it to read until just before the book group so it would be fresh in the mind :)
Oh, and glad to see you enjoyed Caitlin Moran. Ian delighted in telling me how Feminist I was being after I had finished it, I told him all women are feminist if they wear trousers, so there. It made me think though, and I am a bit more feminist now as it goes.
Haha, yes I enjoyed it and I agree it’s a good book for getting the thinking going. I’m glad it is proving to be such a popular book, I think it would be a good thing for more teenagers to have read it!
Hi there, I just found your blog through Sticking to the Shallows. Only a quick zoom through so far by finding it most interesting. You seem to eat well! I also have a bike and a bass though both very different to yours.
Your comment made me smile as yes I do like to eat well :D I have a road bike also (who I call Janice) but I keep her for the summer when I cycle much longer distances.
Wow, so many books in a short space of time! You’ve inspired me to read more.
Happy New Year!
Happy new year!! I am a speedy reader so can get through a lot really quickly :)
Is your dad cutting out interesting articles from a japanese newspaper by any chance? This is something my japanese dad does constantly!
Haha yes he is! How funny :)
Not only do you inspire me to read more interesting and uncommon books, but how you photograph them ( each with their own ‘setting’ if you will ) is about the most creative thing I seen today! I love your blog (long time reader) and the little spurts of creative energy you send your readers! Happy New Year!