This weeks incoming books post is all about the books I picked up in Horncastle at the weekend:
- The Wisdom of Father Brown by GK Chesterton. For
a vintage crime lover it’s shocking I’ve never read any of the Father Brown
stories and this was a bargain at 50p.
- The Pat Hobby Stories by Scott F Fitzgerald.
Hadn’t heard of this before but I am trying to collect all of Fitzgerald’s
work.
- Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee. One of my
favourite books and my copy is a bit ropey so I snapped up this nice orange
penguin version.
- The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne Du Maurier.
Haven’t read any Du Maurier either but she’s supposed to be a good read and
this had a fun 70s retro cover.
- The Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane.
Biography of Beatrix Potter that I picked up on a whim.
- Selected Poems by Siegfried Sassoon. I don’t read
much poetry and he is considered one of the best World War One poets and with
the anniversary this year I thought it would be interesting.
- A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon. One of my
friends loves this book and says it’s better than A Curious Incident of a Dog
in the Night-time (which I actually didn’t like very much) so thought I’d give
it a go at 50p.
- Freya Stark by Caroline Moorhead. Another
biography, Freya Stark was an intrepid explorer and travel writer in the
30s-50s so I expect there’s plenty of stuff to make an interesting biography
about.
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