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I wrote in an earlier post that one of my New Year Personal Promises was to commit to a balanced book diet…
http://wordsthatserve.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/have-you-read-your-five-a-month/
…so here I share my five for March 2013!
Novel: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
This was a present from my ‘A’ Level English Literature teacher, with whom I’ve kept in touch for – wow, nearly twenty years now! At the time I was a student we had to read McEwan’s ‘A Child in Time’ which I can’t say I enjoyed much, at least then. I wanted to give him another chance though, so during a visit over Christmas/New Year she picked this from her bookshelf and gave it to me…and now I’m going to read it! Thanks Jenny:-)
Children’s Book: The Tribe by Valerie Bloom
I was drawn by the title. This sounds full of excitement and adventure of the bows and arrows kind, with a young girl as the powerful heroine – bring it on! Valerie Bloom is also a poet, so I’m looking forward to this.
Non-Fiction: Writing to Change the World by Mary Pipher
This is the book I’ve been waiting for all my life! I’m almost scared to start because I want answers, and I’m worried about feeling let down. I want to learn, I want to know, that writing CAN be (cliche alert, but true for me) a real contribution to a better world and not just some indulgent personal creative play. I found out about it by reading an article on a similar theme in a writing magazine and promptly ordered it from Amazon. I usually get my books from the library, but this was a must that they didn’t have on their borrowing shelves.
Autobiography/Biography: The Last Supper by Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk is the judge of an upcoming short memoir competition I might enter, so I thought I’d check out her work! Details of the competition can be found here:
http://www.lightshippublishing.co.uk/competition/the_lightship_short_memoir_contest
Poetry: Bananas in your Ears by Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen is a LEGEND in children’s poetry, so I had to check him out as I’m currently putting a collection of my own children’s poems together (more about that another time!). I’ve already read some of the gems in this book and had a good giggle, and the illustrations by Quentin Blake (another LEGEND!!!) are more than icing on an already very delicious cake.
Bye for now dear friends and…happy healthy reading:-)
Good book choices. Gonna look into the second one.
Thanks:-) Great! If you do read it, let me know what you think. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment:-)
i keep trying but i often end up back with my favourites
I know what you mean, and there will always be room for my favourites…but I find there’s room for NEW favourites too:-) I think for me it’s about intention. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, and for the follow:-)
This is great idea! A healthy five a month book diet! Wonderful. I love it.
“Writing to Change the World” sounds interesting and I also like the sound of the children’s poems, which has the added bonus of Quentin Blake who I have loved for years since my children were small.
I hope you have a very enjoyable month of reading! And thank you for the introduction to some interesting books I havent come a ross before!
Blessings and love
Christine
Thank you so much for this lovely, enthusiastic comment! I’m glad you like the idea. Yes, Quentin Blake’s amazing isn’t he. Thanks – I’m sure I have a very enjoyable month of reading ahead and I’m glad you found the introduction to some new books interesting. Blessings on your day, and thanks again for bringing joy to mine with your comment! Harula xxx
Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful book titles.
Love the look of that Mary Pipher book.
(and I “love” angels…..
Actually, I’m half way through the Mary Pipher book already…it’s brilliant! It’s also a great muse, makes we want to write, I’ve written two poems while reading it so far…they interrupt my reading and demand to be written down before I carry on!
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment:-)
Yes, Angels…I ‘love’ them too…
I really enjoyed your observation about how your poems demand to be written!
I wonder if all creative muses are not somehow distantly related to one another!
And your comment immediately brought to mind a TED talk which you may of course have already seen. But, here’s the link anyway:
Thank you for your response. much appreciated! so good to know that that Mary Pipher book is thoroughly recommendable