This year in particular, I don't feel like reading some sappy Christmas-themed books. After an exhausting second semester, both in work and in personal life, I am craving for gentle things, not overexcited and loud noises which Christmas always brings. So, I decided to devote my December mostly with books from Dean Street Press, especially those from the Furrowed Middlebrow selection. Here's my initial list:
Babbacombe's by Susan Scarlet
Near Neighbors by Molly Clavering
Because of Sam by Molly Clavering
Kate Hardy by D.E. Stevenson
A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair
I don't know whether I can manage to read, let alone review, more than five, but I also have Miss Granby's Secret in reserve, if-just if-I'd be able to squeeze one more.
How about you? Would you join Dean Street December? What do you plan to read?
This will be my third Dean Street December, and the 'sanest' one yet. :)
ReplyDelete27 books read and reviewed in year one, 15 last year. This year, I'm aiming for 9 or 10. I have 3 Punshons, 3 Sara Woods pre-ordered (DSP's latest author re-release coming in a few days), Clavering's "Dear Hugo", and Sheridan Morley's David Niven bio. I was looking for another middlebrow, and of the 5 you mention above, I've not read "Near Neighbours", so it looks like it might complete my set. Thank you!
Hooray! Glad you are joining in. Babbacombe's is wonderful, for a start!
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