debodacious63 | September and October books

Not very many as my reading has been largely confined to textbooks (which I don't intend to record here).

Flora Klickmann - Weeding the Flower Patch Recommended by

callmemadamwho shares my taste for gentle mid 20th century books combining village life and gardening. This series was new to me, but just my sort of book. Although I do think Ms Klickmann would have been a rather formidable woman in real life.

Emma - Jane Austen A re-read of one of my desert island books ahead of the BBC TV Sunday night dramatisation (which I enjoyed massively, although not without a few reservations). On reading it this time I realised my father in law has become exactly like Mr Woodhouse.

High Table - Joanna Cannan I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as Princes in the Land or I Wrote A Pony Book which are the only other books of hers I have read, mainly because I didn't engage with any of the characters. However, it is a nice old orange Penguin and only cost me 50p, so I feel I got my money's worth.

Madresfield - Jane Mulvagh I found the earlier history of the Lygon family quite dull, but enjoyed the Brideshead chapters.

And that's it.