Hope you all had a great weekend. We went to the plant sale and found more plants for our backyard. There’s still a lot of work to be done but it makes me so happy to see the plants doing well and growing. We’ve reduced the amount of lawn in our backyard, gone to all native plants and most are low water usage, draught tolerant and low maintenance.
But now to talk about the weekend books. I went to the library to pick up a hold and while there I browsed a bit and picked up two other books.
My book on hold was Ghost Stories which is an Everyman’s Pocket Classics book. One of my favorites is in this edition, “The Monkey’s Paw,” but there are stories by Edith Wharton, Guy De Maupassant, Elizabeth Taylor and Penelope Lively to name a few. A perfect read for this time of the year right?
Then I also picked up Academy Street by Mary Costello. This one was on the new books shelf. According to the book jacket this story is about Tess Lohan. She is the kind of woman we meet and fail to notice every day. When I opened the book I found the following quote:
“In the depths of the winter I finally learned that there lay in me an unconquerable summer.” ~ Albert Camus.
I love that quote and didn’t need to read more about the book. I had to check it out.
Finally I went over to the Mysteries section and picked up The Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill. I read the first two Inspector Serrailler mysteries and liked that but was a bit frustrated with the main character but I’ve decided to give him another chance.
Now time to get back to my books for a few more pages before it’s time to go to bed.
Ghost Stories sounds good! That cover sure look scary, though.
I haven’t tried Susan Hill’s series so I need to look into that.
I’m thinking of just making the upcoming readathon a short-story-athon. I have so many great creepies I want to read! Sounds like you got hold of some great stuff!
I’ve always loved that Camus quote. I’ve liked some of the Serrailler series better than others, I liked this one, but thought a lot of time was spent on unnecessary storylines.
Looks like you have some good reading ahead of you! I haven’t gone to the library in weeks which is just sad. I need to find the time to go soon. I hope you enjoy all of these!
Love the cover of the Ghost Stories book! And will there be photos of your new plants? My garden is about to go to sleep for the winter we are expecting a hard frost Saturday morning.
Wow. good for you that plants still have a major presence, come Winter. Here we are beginning to sunset our garden – no more produce coming in. I love that quote – it’s definitely one that will make me open any book wider.
My daughter read The Monkey’s Paw in school recently and enjoyed it. I’m going to have to read that one.
I’ve been hesitant to buy any plants for our backyard because of the drought conditions. I was thinking of trying for drought resistant plants, but I haven’t been able to spend as much time researching my options as I’d like. I’m so terrible when it comes to gardening anyway.
Ghost Stories does sound perfect for this time of year! I read The Uninvited by Cat Winters last week, which was my ghost story book for the season. I really enjoyed it.