A friend has given me a suggestion for a blog topic, so I am basing this piece on that feedback (thanks Teri!). Never let it be said that I fail to listen to sensible advice (especially when I asked for it in the first place).
Various tantalising glimpses have been given of my landing bookshelves, but I have not actually written down a few of the titles that I may tackle during my trek around the landing. This post is an attempt to remedy the lack thereof. It will probably be a random list as I am about to leave my computer and browse the shelves for ideas. The plan is to simply jot down any title that takes my fancy and present the list to you, dear reader, as an indication of my future (good) intentions.
Before I set off for uncharted (and possibly dusty) territories, I will just draw to your attention that I have set up a Bibliography page on the site, where I plan to list all of the books mentioned (however briefly) in the blog posts. Some titles may be out of print, but I will try to remember to give details of dates, publishers etc in case anyone wants to follow up on anything. I hope to update the page regularly and even to maintain strict alphabetical order.
(Noises off…)
Now, that was quick; I am back already from the cobwebby wastes of the upper storey with my list of books, in no particular order I hasten to add.
On the menu:
The Daughter of Time Josephine Tey (Orange Penguin)
The Frontenac Mystery François Mauriac (20th Century Classics Penguin)
The Go-Between L P Hartley (Penguin Classics)
In a Free State V S Naipaul (Orange Penguin)
The Periodic Table Primo Levi (Everyman)
The Diary of a Nobody George & Weedon Grossmith (Guild Publishing)
Murderers and Other Friends John Mortimer (Orange Penguin)
The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan (Orange Penguin)
The Landing Eight
Some of the above will be re-reads but most of them are books that I have yet to get around to reading, but I will leave it until a future date to disclose which are which, thus creating a modicum of suspense. I will not promise to read them in any particular order, but rather as the fancy takes me. I have also spotted a more few books that I would like to write about, but I will tuck them in here and there as a surprise literary morsel in between courses.
Feel free to suggest any preferences as to reading order. In the meantime, I will be busy cleaning my bookshelves!
Until we meet again….