Anne is a lifelong reader preferably stretched out on couch or bed , retired lawyer, and former reporter. She lives in New York City with part of her family and two dogs and is firmly convinced that Book Twitter saved her from homicidal behavior in Look for more reflections from a wonderful assortment of readers every day this week.
Remember, you can always add your thoughts to the mix. Just let me know, either in the comments or on Twitter ds Most beautifully-written book : Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard was the most exquisitely-written novel I read in but also one of the most frustrating. It was as if the plot and the characters were unworthy of the prose.
Am trying avoid spoilers, but the coyness of the last page infuriated me and even drove me to the internet for clarification. Although the language was gorgeous, the last paragraph of Transit felt cheap. The scary part was not just the ordinary shivers of recognition present in most good novels about families. Perhaps it is a function of my age and genderβ Daddy and I were both born in the middle of the baby boomβbut I was horrified by the sight of Ruth, already feeling old at 38! Maybe read it as a double feature with Priestdaddy.
Daisy and The Six made me laugh when I was sick. Lolly Willowes entranced me [Ed. Carr and several pieces of fiction by Tove Jansson. Meredith by Diane Johnson. Biggest project of the year : Diaries and letters have always fascinated me and taken up significant space shelf. He was a wrong-headed bigot, a sniveling acolyte of Neville Chamberlain, a toady to almost anyone with a royal title, and a nasty, insecure, self-important snob, who occasionally recognized his reputation as a well-connected lightweight.
My fascination with these books is more than historical. Not surprisingly, there were many connections among Channon, Mitford and Waugh, who lived in a small world they thought was the whole.
