reading post

[rivendellrose]

Yesterday I picked up When All the World Was Young by Barbara Holland, off the new arrivals table in Odegaard Library. Read it on the bus to and from the interview, read it at home through tea and dinner... read it this morning on the bus and at work, and now it's done. Very nice memoir of growing up in the 40s and 50s, and an interesting look into the mind of an intersting woman. I'll have to see about some of her other books, soon; they pretty much all look interesting.


In Private Life
Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legends, and Lives
Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Mischief, Morals, and Malarkey from George W. to George W.
One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone
Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences.
Bingo Night at the Fire Hall: Rediscovering Life in an American Village
Katherine Hepburn
Brief Heroes and Histories
Wasn't the Grass Greener?: Thirty-three Reasons Why Life Isn't as Good as It Used to Be.
They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways, and Renegades.
Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling from Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dark.

Comments

[gurny.livejournal.com]

Anyone who defends martini's and bacon gets points with me! Sounds like it was a good read.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Yeah, it was - I'm looking forward to picking up a few of her others. *g*

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Most of her other books look great too! I'm going to have to put a few on hold at the library!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yup! I've got a handful of others I'm reading right now (a book on geisha and a cultural history of Halloween), but I'm planning on picking up one of her others the next time I get new books.