Well, I've been in a bit of a funk in my readings lately. I had 5 books out of the library for 3 weeks and renewed them for an additional 3 weeks and still only managed to read 3 of them. The first one I read was called Touchstone by Laurie R. King which was supposed to be a gripping FBI investigation story, but which I could not really get into. The second book was called Beyond the Blue by Andrea MacPherson. This is the story of a woman and her 2 daughters living in Scotland during WWI and working in the mills. It was unimportant, though poignant, fluff. The last book I read was Return to Harmony by Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn. Speaking of fluff... but this was such a delightful 2 hr read about friendship and forgiveness. I made sure that my best friend got her hands on a copy in our church library, because I thought of her all through this book. After all this fluffery, I wanted something more meaningful, so I picked up a copy of Volume 2 of L.M. Montgomery's journals that I had on my shelves since the library book sale last year. These journals cover the period from 1910 - 1921, so tie in nicely to my WWI readings. During this time of her life Maud got married, had a son, lost her second son during childbirth, had another son, agonized over WWI, recovered from Spanish flu, lost her only dear friend to pneumonia, and suffered through her husband's mental illness. The strength of this woman! I like to think that she could have counted me as one of the "race that knows Joseph", but maybe I would have been relegated to the ranks of the uninteresting chuch women her status as minister's wife forced her to visit, much to her annoyance! I laughed and cried my way through her books and am now off to re-read the Emily series, although these are not my favourite of L.M. Montgomery's works. I've added Volumes 1, 3, 4, & 5 of her journals to my wish list for future reading. A remarkable woman writing during a remarkable season of Canada's history. I just wanted to write and update my own readings, so you'd know that I didn't spend ALL my time reading Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny... which I also love to do!
Jennifer
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