What books did you get for Christmas?

[Georgiemc]

I received The Safekeep by Yael van de Wouden and Heart the Lover by Lily King

And mine! Can't wait to get into them again and feel that nostalgia!

And me.. Would love to read them again

St Clares were my favourite of Blyton’s school stories
And me.. Would love to read them again

Here you are:
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(I preferred Malory Towers)

I was given Richard Holmes’ new biography of Tennyson. Absolutely loving it atm. Tennyson was a more interesting character than you’d expect. He’s been stereotyped as a stuffy, anti-intellectual Victorian. In reality, he was a brilliant man who read Homer in Greek and could recite passages of Virgil and Dante in the original Latin and Italian. He even taught himself German so he could read Goethe. Imagine Carol Ann Duffy or Steven Armitage translating passages of the Iliad from Ancient Greek!

It’s amazing the way a writer can fall out of fashion. W. H. Auden called him “the stupidest poet” in the English canon, and other 20th-century critics (mostly left-wing) also ridiculed and vilified him. Holmes has done a great job of restoring his reputation. But as always Holmes offers a fascinating look at the wider world - at the way people were realising how old the Earth was and how vast the universe. It’s also fascinating to read how people like Tennyson responded to the discover of dinosaurs.

I have fallen out of reading over the last few years but have joined a book club at work.
Currently reading The Names by Florence Knapp which I think I will nominate for book club. Will look through the books on this thread

I received Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles - Andrew Ziminski -
Written on the Dark - Guy Gavriel Kay
Not really looked at either yet as I'm just not in the mood. Presuming this is due to being ill from 20th December. I Haven't even opened my main Christmas present. It's been the worst Christmas ever so perhaps I will enjoy them in a few weeks I love Kay's writings and was really looking forward to this.
Did get a lovely otter bookmark as well😁

A book about trains. And another book about trains.

@PurplebunnieChurch Going is my favourite book at the moment. It is lovely.

I've read Steeple Chasing and a Tomb with a View, fascinating and quite sad at times.

I dip in and out of Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures by Luke Sherlock. The illustrations by Ioana Pioaru are exquisite. Luke has his own independent bookshop in Frome - Sherlock and Pages and they aways have some interesting books that I don't seem to see anywhere else. I follow him on Instagram he's always in a beautiful church.

The Flame by Leonard Cohen. His last book of poems and writings.
I also received an Amazon voucher so I can stock up my Kindle.

Ooh lucky you. My kind of books too.