Wishes and prayers for my friend Kim today, for a quick recovery. Meanwhile, I hope her gathering of book
friends will soothe and speed her progress.
Sort of a “guest
blog” from her today, from a comment she wrote several years ago, in response
to my sharing some of my favorite books:
We share a love of a lot of books, but then we knew that
already, huh?
I’m not sure that I could come up with such a good list – maybe authors would be easier for me:
PG Wodehouse (reading them, I had a big crush on Bertie, watching the DVDs I now have a big crush on Jeeves)
Agnes Sligh Turnbull – lovely, gentle stories – for when I need gentle (am I crazy or did YOU introduce me to Agnes?)
Angela Thirkell – lots of upperclass English nonsense
Gladys Taber – I want to go live at Stillmeadow
Alexander McCall Smith – especially the Sunday Philosophy Club series
Dame Agatha, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh – that pantheon of classic women mystery writers
Richard and Frances Lockridge – smart, funny NYC couple drink martinis and solve crimes
CS Lewis – just EVERYTHING – from Narnia to The Screwtape Letters to Surprised by Joy
Florence King – bust a gut laughter from this southern writer
Bill Bryson – travel writer - for being able to mock and love the countries and folks he’s writing about in equal measure – and, no matter what, you still want to visit.
Miss Read – quiet, everyday village stories – another author that I go to when I need some gentleness in my world
Rosamunde Pilcher – England, villages, everyday folks – I have a pattern, don’t I?
Louise Penney – beautiful, beautiful writing and imagery – WAY better than one would expect a mystery to be.
LM Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Maude Hart Lovelace – the writers of the girls I wanted to be and to know when I was a girl.
Rita Mae Brown – the early stuff – Six of One can still make me cry
And my all time favorite – L Frank Baum – the Oz books are the ones that I’ve re-read the most in my life. They provide everything – travel, nostalgia, magic, fantasy and a happy ending!
I hope I haven’t taken up too much room, or hijacked your blog, Rachel. But you knew that BOOKS would get a response from this constant reader!
I’m not sure that I could come up with such a good list – maybe authors would be easier for me:
PG Wodehouse (reading them, I had a big crush on Bertie, watching the DVDs I now have a big crush on Jeeves)
Agnes Sligh Turnbull – lovely, gentle stories – for when I need gentle (am I crazy or did YOU introduce me to Agnes?)
Angela Thirkell – lots of upperclass English nonsense
Gladys Taber – I want to go live at Stillmeadow
Alexander McCall Smith – especially the Sunday Philosophy Club series
Dame Agatha, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh – that pantheon of classic women mystery writers
Richard and Frances Lockridge – smart, funny NYC couple drink martinis and solve crimes
CS Lewis – just EVERYTHING – from Narnia to The Screwtape Letters to Surprised by Joy
Florence King – bust a gut laughter from this southern writer
Bill Bryson – travel writer - for being able to mock and love the countries and folks he’s writing about in equal measure – and, no matter what, you still want to visit.
Miss Read – quiet, everyday village stories – another author that I go to when I need some gentleness in my world
Rosamunde Pilcher – England, villages, everyday folks – I have a pattern, don’t I?
Louise Penney – beautiful, beautiful writing and imagery – WAY better than one would expect a mystery to be.
LM Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Maude Hart Lovelace – the writers of the girls I wanted to be and to know when I was a girl.
Rita Mae Brown – the early stuff – Six of One can still make me cry
And my all time favorite – L Frank Baum – the Oz books are the ones that I’ve re-read the most in my life. They provide everything – travel, nostalgia, magic, fantasy and a happy ending!
I hope I haven’t taken up too much room, or hijacked your blog, Rachel. But you knew that BOOKS would get a response from this constant reader!
Oh, Rachel! I'm really and truly honored. To be quoted by someone that I love and admire as much as I do you is just amazing to me. And yes, my book friends are doing their best to distract and amuse me. I've been re-reading Miss Read's Thrush Green series. Big kisses wending their way west to you, my dear, dear friend.
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