It's been a slow couple of months on the reading front and I'm only just getting back into it. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons is now completed. As usual I didn't read any blurb about the book before I started and maybe, on this occasion, I should have. I was happily half way through the book before I realised it wasn't the period piece I thought it was! It was only when there was mention of telephones and televisions that I began to wonder when exactly this story was supposed to be set. It confused the hell out of me. I enjoyed it anyway. Although this is in the "comedy" section of the book list I wouldn't describe it as a funny book. It is pleasant enough but not hilarious.
BOOK CHALLENGE 38/1000 (44)
In complete contrast Stephen King's The Shining became book number 38. It is a book I've read before although not for over 20 years! I remember enjoying the first time round but this time I found it really hard to get through. My tastes have changed over the years more than I thought. I thought it dragged on way too long.
I am so far behind now that there is little chance of clearing the 100 books I wanted to by the end of the year. At this rate I'll be lucky to clear fifty!
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