Bookworms 2020

Fridayschild

pollypenny and Happycas Sorry to hear that you aren't able to enjoy your reading at the moment. Maybe as this becomes the new normal for a while we will all settle down and feel more able to continue with our regular pastimes, knowing that we are at least doing the right thing by staying home.

I am lucky in that I live in a very quiet rural location.  We have to walk our dogs each day and are able to do so without seeing more than one or two souls in the distance, and by avoiding roads and houses.  After a bit of exercise I feel more like a sit down and a good read.  The news is so frightening that I have to ration it to breakfast time and then the early evening news bulletin!  

Wishing you all peace and safety right now.

FC

pollypenny

Well, I did structure a couple of hours stretched out on the sofa, in the sun, with my book. Enjoyed it before my 'timetabled' ironing session. 

Spent the rest of the afternoon catching up with isolating friends who live alone. 

Rosa_Damascena

pollypenny said:

Well, I did structure a couple of hours stretched out on the sofa, in the sun, with my book. Enjoyed it before my 'timetabled' ironing session. 

Spent the rest of the afternoon catching up with isolating friends who live alone. 

Same here - the last 2 afternoons have been sunny, so I have spent them in the conservatory which has topped 40 degrees C - take that, Coronavirus! Goes without saying I had the windows open  . The reading took my mind of the current anxiety so persist, it can help if you let it.

Book 15:

8.5/10. Wonderful stories from verbal histories, and filled in quite a few of my gaps. The different perspectives were fascinating, and I added lots more books to my wishlist.

dolly84

I have a lot of books to get through and am hoping this down time will be a good opportunity.  I hope to be alive and well read with a super sparkly house, better behaved children and a fantastic vegetable garden at the end of this.

Happycas

Polly penny
I followed your lead and decided I would read for an hour. And it worked!  
Although I nodded off after about 45 minutes !  But I did read and feel much happier for it
Thank you

pollypenny

I slept so badly last night that I can't face the 'timetabled' gardening. I did tai chi via zoom this morning, which was great.  I've done more than my stint on Duolingo Welsh, now I am going to stretch out on the sofa again and read. I'm now hooked on The Dutch House.  

belfastgirl23

I’m finding that I can read but not everything. I just finished Airhead by Emily Matliss (did someone here recommend it??) and really enjoyed it. I’m reading Joanna Trollope’s latest from the online library right now and it’s fine. But the thrillers I usually love are just too much for me at the minute, especially since i tend to read before I go to sleep. If you’re struggling to read might be worth going for something gentler (James Herriot sounds like a great idea!). 

[Deleted User]

Cocketts said:

Just found this thread - it's wonderful. I have already ordered a fair few from my library!
Can anybody recommend any dystopian-type books.  I loved 'Last Light' (or was it First Light?) and the follow-on book where they were all living on the oil rig out at sea......

Sorry, a bit late with suggestions, but...
Joe hill - Fireman

John Christopher - Death of Grass
Bernard Knight - Brennan

[Deleted User]

Like others I have also been struggling to read so I decided to read something light.  Currently about 2/3s of the way throught the Hobbit which I have not read for many years.  Really enjoying it.

Happycas

I think you might be right, Belfast girl.
I might re-read some old favourites.  Might be Katharine by Anya Seton.  Or perhaps go way back to What Katy Did/ Little Women
Thank you for the suggestion