My ribs continue to mend, but I feel as if I have been
around another loop or two on the downward spiral.
Rachel phoned today (all well in London) and in the course
of conversation she mentioned the perfect book for our Pandemic List: Nancy
Mitford’s “Love in a Cold Climate”. You might as well read “The Pursuit of Love”
first. Both are absolutely delicious and just what we need in these trying
times. I am finding it hard to get through the last few pages of Trollope’s “Ralph
the Heir” before I can take my own advice. He’s still got several characters to
dispose of romantically, and he’s stalling a bit.
Not much knitting. Only one row, in fact, but that was a YO,
k2tog row and therefore a bit slower even than normal. Five to go (no more
pattern of any sort). New clue tomorrow. But I’ve got Italian homework to do.
Life resumes its normal course.
Love in a cold climate! Oh yes! I call my secret cash stash my 'running away money'. I wonder if Georgette Heyer would stand re-reading? Powder and Patch was one of the first 'adult' books I remember reading.
ReplyDeleteIf you would like to try something totally different I would suggest "A fortunate life" by AB Facey. It is not great literature but it is a fascinating autobiography.
ReplyDeleteI second that. And if you have a hard time finding it, I have managed to own two copies, so one could be yours, Jean, if you say so.
DeleteI tried to read Love in a Cold Climate once, years ago, and could get past the first few chapters. I should try it again. The discussion of Mark Twain has sent me to Life on the Mississippi. I have a copy of it that my grandfather won as a prize in a French secondary school in Quebec for having the highest grades in English! My aunt had it rebound and gave it to me for my high school graduation.
ReplyDelete"He's stalling a bit" - I so often think that of Trollope.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your poor ribs are mending. No doubt they will continue to heal, and your spirits will improve as they do. As you add to your reading list, don't choose anything laugh-out-loud funny. You don't want to have to say "it only hurts when I laugh".
-- Gretchen (aka stashdragon)
I have been rereading Georgette Heyer books lately and find that they hold up fairly well. I don't know that I would start with Powder and Patch. The Reluctant Widow is on top of the pile at the moment.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Georgette Heyer is "The Grand Sophy," and I find it holds up WELL to rereading!
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