Monday 24 January 2011

Virago Reading Week


Happy New Year to you all!  It's been a while since I last blogged.  Sadly, Life has not run smoothly and daily stresses and frustrations were particularly trying in 2010.  I can only hope that we begin to turn a corner in 2011.

I have continued to find some solace and distraction - as well as instruction - in reading and I have quite a few reviews that I'd like to share.  I aim to read even more this year and to reacquaint myself with the classics - especially Dickens!

If you don't already know, today is the first day of the first Virago Reading Week which is being hosted by A Few of My Favourite Books and Book Snob.  Do pop over to each of the blogs for some interesting posts.  I have 'Excellent Women' by Barbara Pym lined up... this will be my first Pym even though three of her books have been sitting quietly on my shelves for a while now.  I also hope to make a start on Elizabeth Taylor's 'The Wedding Party', which was recently republished by Virago.  I have only read three Taylors to date - and watched the film adaptation of 'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont' - but I fell in love with her writing, sharp observations and quiet grace from my very first book ('In a Summer Season').

I hope you will have a lovely reading week!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lovely to see you posting again and I'm so glad you'll be joining in with the reading week - I look forward to your posts. I am so sorry for the sad and difficult year you had last year and I very much hope that this new year will bring much happiness and contentment for you.

verity said...

Ooh, I hope that you enjoy your first Pym. It's nice to see you back again though I'm sorry that 2010 turned out to be so difficult.

Cristina (Rochester Reader) said...

Book Snob: Thank you for your kind wishes! I'm sure this will be a great week and I look forward to visiting your blog and Carolyn's daily :-)

Verity: re Pym: so far, so good :-) Thank you for your kind thoughts.

JoAnn said...

Thank you for visiting my blog - so glad to have found yours, too! I just finished Excellent Women over the weekend and really enjoyed it. Haven't read any of Elizabeth Taylor yet (she's on my list), but I did love the film of Mrs. Palfry at the Claremont.