Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
The Caxley Chronicles
Set in Caxley, a quiet country town, The Caxley Chronicles follow two intertwined families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. I've always been going to read Miss Read and this seemed a good place to start. I expected it to be sort of fluffy and goody-two-shoes, but it was refreshingly Pym-like and I enjoyed it much more than I expected to. Read has a shrewd, but kind view of people. I am looking forward to reading her other books, of which there are many.