Songbird posted the Friday Five over at RevGalBlogPals this week. Still Friday for some of you so I'm in for a play. Here it is:
Back in the day, before I went to seminary, I worked in the Children's Room at the Public Library, and every year we geared up for Summer Reading. Children would come in and record the books read over the summer, and the season included numerous special and celebratory events. As a lifelong book lover and enthusiastic summer reader, I find I still accumulate a pile of books for the summer.
This week, then, a Summer Reading Friday Five.
1) Do you think of summer as a particularly good season for reading? Why or why not?
Yes. It is the time I have for protracted relaxation and a book is a great companion at the beach or in the tent.
2) Have you ever fallen asleep reading on the beach?
No I don't think so.
3) Can you recall a favorite childhood book read in the summertime?
We generally spent Christmas Day with my grandparents on their farm near Hamilton (central North Island, NZ). They had the most amazing collection of old children's books that I would sit in the bay window and devour after lunch. I especially remember Ameliaranne and her mother who washed laundry for a living. With phrases like 'enough blue in the sky to make a hundred pairs of soldiers' trousers'
4) Do you have a favorite genre for light or relaxing reading?
Pretty eclectic - historical novels, human interest stories like Jodi Picoult, and I love my 'chick lit' during the summertime.
5) What is the next book on your reading list?
Bio of Tony Blair. I'm interested to learn about this man who led the UK to make a strong stand against child poverty and to actually put policies in place to address this, and who also led his country to take military action in Iraq. The way he was portrayed in The Queen also piques my interest. It is a huge volume and well suited to winter reading snuggled under the covers.
Songbird has updated the RevGalBookPals schedule through October, so if you are looking for summer reading, look there!
6 comments:
Thanks for joining in! I love your childhood memory, that is a great phrase.
Hmm I would like to read Blairs biography, I liked many of his policies, as is often the case the press and therefore the public turned against him!
Well played
Thanks Songbird and Sally. I enjoyed this F5. It is interesting to see the variety of experiences.
I smiled at your response to 3. My grandmother used to look at the sky to see if there was "enough blue to make a pair of sailor's trousers." Note the singular - obviously there is 100 times more blue sky in NZ !
It is so HOT here in south Texas that it jolts me to think of you snuggling in during the winter to read -- right now! Enjoy!
Thanks friends. It was an English book barb - just a way of saying it was a very sunny day I think. I will enjoy the winter reading jan - as you will when we are hot later in the year.
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