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Tuesday 30 August 2011

Reading matters

This little blog is about my library books. I love reading.   When I was a child my nose was always in a book, I loved fairy tales, and anything that was ‘other worldly’  As I got a bit older  The Arabian Nights captured my imagination, and gave me a fascination for the Far East that I still have to this day I was never a fan of Enid Blyton  [too mundane] or, unfortunately, the classics, [too much like work]  I was  very fond of Nature books of all description, The Song of Hiawatha fed that love of nature with the sense of mysticism . I have on old copy that I take out of the book case form time to time and lose myself in the rhythm and cadence of the words that just flow like water over boulders in a stream.
When I discovered White Fang and Call of the Wild, it fed my love of animals, particularly dogs, my love for  German Shepherds came from reading White Fang.
As I ‘matured’ my tastes changed and I got more into the larger weightier novels, Gone With the Wind,  War and Peace, Sarum, now there’s a magnificent tale, A factual fantasy about the inception of Salisbury Cathedral from the Ice age to present, Wonderful and a gift to the imagination.
 A book I read with fascination was Diana Gabaldon’s Cross-stitch, a  trilogy about a woman on holiday in Scotland, who hears noises coming from the standing stones, she  goes between a space to find it and finds herself transported back in time to the Battle of Culloden, a wonderful tale of fantasy of how she falls in love there.
I also went through a period of reading historical novels [well who hasn’t]  discovering  things about the  kings and Queens of  England we never learned at school.
I still go to my local library,, some days I can’t find a single book that I like so come home with an armful just hoping there may be something that appealed , other days I want every single book I open and again come away with an armful, this time hoping to get through them before the due back date, though I always have to renew them at least twice.
Last time I went to the library  a book took my fancy, a true story about a nurse who dedicated her life to looking after the orphans and children maimed by war and poverty in Vietnam, Cambodia etc.it was a harrowing and riveting story, unfortunately it was what’s called a Fast- Back, which meant it had to be returned within a fortnight and could not be renewed.   I did my best to read it in time, but despite burning the midnight oil on occasions, the last two chapters were skimmed through, which  slightly spoiled the enjoyment of the book, so I don’t think I’ll get any more Fast-Backs.
That’s it for now folks.

8 comments:

  1. We are kindred souls Arlene. I love to read and I read 2 or 3 books a week. My favorite book of all time is Little Women. I have every version filmed of it on DVD and when I run across it while channel hopping I always stop and watch it again.

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  2. Wow, that is some 'like' Beth, I find since I've been more involved in computers I don't get as much time to read, I used to love to curl up on the sofa with a book on a rainy day. now it's about ten minutes at bedtime, and yes Little Women was a good book and film esp with Liz Taylor and June Allyson etc.

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  3. White Fang and Call of the Wild...two of most favorite books! Hugs

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  4. Reading is something I love and seem to have passed on to my kids, especially the girls. As a kid I like Black Beauty. Yes, have been one of those into historical tales too. Great post.

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  5. I was raised going to the library every week. It is something that stuck with me for years. Then the internet came along. As I don't have phone I began spending time at the libray on the internet e-mailing my family and friends. Then I got internet at home finally a few years ago. I rarely go to the library now. I used to come home with arm loads every week. From reference material to just novels. I so miss those days without TV or internet. Just laying around in the evening completely engrossed in a book. I do still read when I go to bed but only manage a page or two then am ready for sleep. I remember when I couldn't wait for the day to end so I could get back to my book. Thank you for bring back how much I used to love my visits to the library. Enjoy your reading.

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  6. Thanks Girls, I do sometimes also miss these lazy evenings curled up with a book, but hey, nobody twists my arm to watch TV or play on the computer, just got into bad habits, haven'g we?

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  7. Hi Arlene it is indeed good to read a good book, I am reading well trying to there is always something else to do. The last dog on the hill. Steve Duno. Hope to get on with the reading soon. Have a lovely weekend great blog. Sheila and Wile- e :)

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