Thursday, 3 January 2013

Brought to book........

I hope you all had a happy Christmas or at least got through it in one piece. I spent most of it on the sofa with Rupert Everett. Having enjoyed his first biography, Red Carpets And Other Banana Skins, I'd requested his second, Vanished Years, from Santa this year. As it was a presi it was perfectly acceptable to read continuously through meals and movies, thus avoiding all opportunities for fighting and fretting. It helped that it was very funny and poignant and most enjoyable.

Having made read Dickens one of my New Year resolutions last year, and having successfully enjoyed Great Expectations, this year I've decided to extend my literary pursuits to George Eliot. No, I've never read him, or her, but when I checked my library....... the shelf of books that circumnavigates my hallway........ I discovered I had copies of Mill On The Floss, Middlemarch and Silas Marner, I'm spoilt for choice it would seem. So it's back to the sofa for 2013......Happy New Year!!

Top tip: festive food goes on sale now....go fill the freezer!!

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24 comments:

  1. That's Not My Age3 January 2013 at 02:38

    Happy New Year! I have got to read more books & Rupert Everett is on the list. Have heard very good reports.

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  2. The Cranky3 January 2013 at 03:26

    There can never be too many book choices! Happy New Year!

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  3. Furtheron3 January 2013 at 03:57

    There is nothing like a good book to help you escape this worlds madness for a little while.

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  4. Jacqueline @ HOME3 January 2013 at 04:44

    I can't think of anything nicer than laying on the sofa reading ( well, maybe there are a few nicer things but .....)
    We have been eating party food for the last three days !!!! ......... it's been great ....... mini burgers, filo cranberry and brie parcels, etc. etc. !!!!
    Wishing you a wonderful New Year and many thanks for your blogging friendship in 2012 and for more in 2013 ..... Much love. XXXX

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  5. Jess3 January 2013 at 07:55

    I've been spending the new year with Rod Stewart! Well his autobiography anyway, a girl can dream. ;)
    Enjoy your reading! Jess xx

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  6. Patience_Crabstick3 January 2013 at 12:30

    Happy New Year! I've read all three of those George Eliot books and I think I liked The Mill on the Floss the best.

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  7. Ellen3 January 2013 at 13:15

    I love George Elliot, read a long time ago though. I really liked Middlemarch but that seems to divide people. The Mill On The Floss is great too. I see that Elizabeth Gaskell's "Mary Barton" is to be serialised on tv this year, something to look forward to. I read a bit of the Rupert Everett book when it was serialised in the paper. He is wonderfully indiscreet and wickedly funny, I may well have to buy the book! Happy New Year and happy reading in 2013!

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  8. cheeky rose3 January 2013 at 14:45

    I have been given 50 Shades of Gray by my sister, hmmm wonder what she is trying to tell me. Happy 2013

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  9. Sensible Footwear3 January 2013 at 15:09

    Sofa + books = a perfect idea

    Enjoy the reading.

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  10. rusty duck3 January 2013 at 16:14

    It's probably the only New Year's resolution I'll ever keep - find more time for reading this year.

    Happy New Year! Jx

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  11. ted and bunny3 January 2013 at 23:41

    my friend has given me the most lovely Christmas pressie- she's going to come over once a week and read Cold Comfort Farm to me.
    I love reading myself, but to have someone else (drama trained too!) to read while I crochet will be a treat from heaven!
    Happy New year to you
    x

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  12. Style At Every Age4 January 2013 at 02:11

    I adore him but got bored with his first book - shameful I know!

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  13. Vintage Tea Time4 January 2013 at 06:39

    On the sofa with Rupert,eh? Sounds like a plan - he's a bit of a lad, isn't he?! Happy New Year to you x

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  14. Curry Queen4 January 2013 at 12:53

    Clearly the answer to Christmas is to read through the whole thing. I can't think of anything better. Happy New Year!

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  15. Anonymous4 January 2013 at 13:09

    I only know RE from one movie, but he was the best thing in it. January, I'm all about George Saunders -- the writer, not the dead actor.

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  16. hausfrau5 January 2013 at 02:29

    Heard Rupert's book on Radio 4s 'Book of the Week' and meant to get hold of it. Never got on with Dickens or George Elliot (possibly because I was forced to write essays about the latter at school) but Mrs. Gaskell's books are wonderful!

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  17. Lilacs5 January 2013 at 07:04

    Loved listening to Rupert read his wicked anecdotes on R4, will be searching out the book. I've never read any George Elliott either, let us know how you get on.

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  18. mispapelicos6 January 2013 at 03:45

    I thought I was your follower in google Follow, and I have just discovered that I wasn´t, ahhhhhhhhh.
    Well, Now I am.
    let´s keep in closer touch this 2013, dear friend.
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx

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  19. BadPenny7 January 2013 at 13:00

    Happy reading I am one book down *** to go !

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  20. Wally B7 January 2013 at 16:27

    I have been looking for some new books. My old copies of the Broons and Oor Wullie are getting threadbare.

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  21. Diane8 January 2013 at 00:13

    I love Rupert Everett. I'm trying to get more reading in this year xxxxxxx

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  22. Diana Mieczan8 January 2013 at 08:38

    I am reading up a storm as well:) Just love those evenings-in with a book and a cup of tea. happy reading, sweetie.

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  23. Elizabeth Musgrave13 January 2013 at 15:24

    Start with the Mill on the Floss and prepare to take your time to get going would be my unasked advice. I love George Eliot but it took me a while to stop waiting for something to happen. My big resolution is to read some fiction again instead of wallowing in cookbooks, garden books and magazines. Just too easy!

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  24. Anonymous16 January 2013 at 01:36

    Middlemarch was once of my highlights of the year. And plenty happens in it. It's a real page turner about a marriage mismatch, the pride which comes with money and the problems it brings, and an examination of factionalism and rivalry, in love and professinal life, in a small town where everyone has to depend on everyone else. Highly recommended.

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