Reading the Anne series

   I've been looking at new (to me) blogs and found Jo of "Through the Keyhole" who lives in Leeds, England.  I don't know what it is about England and the British Isles but I'm smitten.  And recently vlogs about Sweden and living in small communities or off the grid in the forest.  (Maybe I"m subconsciously trying to run away from it all?) 

Anyway, Jo read through all the the Agatha Christie mysteries in 2015 (over 60 books I believe) in order of printing.

Many years ago I read through all of the Grace Livingston Hill books found on our little local library's shelves.  The librarian even let me take them from the storage closet (they wouldn't all fit on the shelf so they swapped them out from time to time.)  I was going to collect them all but I find I really only want my favorites.   I like the ones that have a lot of homemaking descriptions.  Makes me feel all warm inside.

I thought that reading through a series would be a good way to spend part of 2021.  I'm currently reading my way through Miss Read's Thrush Green series and then will start again on Fair Acre.  I've never read them in order and just mixed up the 2 series as I found them.  Lots of characters and I got confused most of the time on who belonged where.  Now I think I'll keep them straight.

After I finish Miss Read, I believe I'll start on the Anne of Green Gables series.  I've only read books 1 and 2 I think.  

And then maybe the Left Behind series.  It's been a long time since I've read them.  

I just finished "The Dean's Watch" by Elizabeth Goudge and absolutely loved it.  Gentle, Christian, just enough mystery to keep my interest.  It was a bit heavy slogging through the building history of the cathedral but the building is as much of a character as are Job, the Dean and Isaac Peabody.  

I love E Goudge and D.E. Stevenson's books.  Ms Goudge's especially fill something in my soul.  I can't explain it but it's almost like God is there in those books, hidden by the prose.  Satisfying, warming, deeply-thoughtful books. 

As always, there is daily Bible reading and cookbook reading.

Talk soon,

Kay