It's almost embarrassing to admit to this, but I've just found some books that I'd forgotten I owned!
A few years back I'd bought a load of Penguin Classics and the green and white Penguin Crime books at a local charity shop. I knew that I'd kept them all when Mr C and I moved house about four years ago, but couldn't remember seeing them since. The other day I pulled a travel guide off the shelf and realised that there was a whole second row of books behind it. Oh the feeling of excitement at that point!
I'm particularly looking forward to reading the crime fiction (especially Margery Allingham and Joesphine Tey) but all of them should keep me in reading material for a fair while. I've made a start on Jane Austen's Emma
.
. I'm not really sure how, but somehow I managed to get through my whole secondary school education here in the UK without ever reading any Jane Austen. It's almost shocking. Even more so when I now hear that my old school has named one of its boarding houses after her. I've since read Sense and Sensibility
(and seen the film
version) and Northanger Abbey
and I have to say that I loved both of them. I'm finding Emma a bit hard going at the start, mainly though because it's so different to the last book I read. I'll let you know how I get on though.
(and seen the film
version) and Northanger Abbey
and I have to say that I loved both of them. I'm finding Emma a bit hard going at the start, mainly though because it's so different to the last book I read. I'll let you know how I get on though.
It’s scary how books multiply isn’t it? We joined read it swap it to get rid of some of ours (we have thousands) but while it gives us the opportunity to get new books it doesn’t actually decrease the number of books we have!