![]() ![]() I’ve been reading, at intervals, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) and Outpost by Dan Richards (2019). I really liked the TV series, and thought I would give it a try! Amy Sumner, Marketing Manager Set against the background of American colonies and their fight for independence, it combines historical romance with adventure. I’m reading The Fiery Cross, one of the Outlander series of books by Diana Gabaldon. I've also recently finished David Runciman's How Democracy Ends (Profile) - sobering thoughts, stylishly put - and Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy (Faber) which seems essential in these times. Gary Butler, Assistant LibrarianĪt the moment I’m reading Rumi - Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) in the amazing translation of Coleman Barks (best read slowly), and Stephen Batchelor’s Buddhism Without Beliefs (Bloomsbury) - and also have finally got to reading W.S. Note to readers: You can find details of Dan’s Gladfest talk here. The whole novel is one perfect summer’s day in 1946: Laura Marshall gently kicks the door shut on a house that needs cleaning, and goes to walk up a hill instead. Next I’ll be reading One Fine Day by the unjustly almost-forgotten novelist Mollie Panter-Downes (1947), discovered in 2018’s heatwave and now something I’ll read every year, I think. I recently read Laurie Lee’s Cider With Rosie (1959), which I read every year when the weather gets really hot, the dust gets kicked up and I begin yearning to sit in a pond. I’m currently re-reading some of our Writer in Residence shortlist before the judging in August, as well as Outpost by Dan Richards (2019), which is a very amusing but also perceptive examination of isolated spaces and why we are drawn to them. Louisa Yates, Director of Collections and Research You can find details of their talks here. Note to readers: Both Salley Vickers and Alix Nathan are appearing at this year's Gladfest. I have also recently read and would urge you to read Alix Nathan’s wonderful historical novel The Warlow Experiment: a true story from the late 18th Century set in the Welsh Marches, and a slightly mad philosophical and scientific experiment that has devastating consequences – I was gripped. Smith selected poems – Eternity. And for summer relaxation I enjoyed Salley Vickers' The Librarian – just a very pleasant and surprisingly gripping tale of love, life and libraries in the 1950s. I have also enjoyed dipping into Tracy K. I am currently reading Adam Gopnik’s A Thousand Small Sanities - it is an attempt to define and defend liberalism in these Trumpian times, and is well worth a read. From Outlander to Greek mythology, we have quite the range – and hopefully something to suit everyone.Īre you reading something you think others might enjoy? Why not share it with us by tweeting using the hashtag #Gladstonereads. However, fear not! Should you also finish your books too quickly, and be in want of some recommended reading, the staff of Gladstone’s Library have banded together to bring you a suggested summer reading list. Lewis once said ‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’ This is a maxim which suits our Library team very well indeed there never seems to be enough tea, and in spite of working in a library with over 150,000 books and printed items, we seem to race through good books all too quickly! By Gladstones Library | Friday, 26th July 2019Ĭ.S.
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