Books for March, 2003

This month was devoted, to a large extent, to old favorites comfort reading. I think that this was a pretty transparent attempt to cope with war news stress by disappearing between the covers of some old reliables. Another factor: I have cut my lunch hour from 45 minutes to 15 minutes, which has eliminated a block of reading time in my day. (I did this so that I would have more writing time in the morning).

The Clerk's Tale by Margaret Frazer

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. This was his first (well, aside from Sketches by Boz) and so shows a beginning novelist's episodic structuring, of course, but you can certainly see the genius starting to bubble up. I was intrigued to find the germ story for The Christmas Carol in the middle of this.

Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle by Georgette Heyer. Re-read.

Arabella by Georgette Heyer. Re-read.

The Novice's Tale by Margaret Frazer. Re-read.

Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen

Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen. These were both sequels to his Hatchet, which I picked up from Fiona's reading stack from the library. I enjoyed these because I had always loved My Side of the Mountain when I was a kid.

Can anyone think of any book (YA) about a girl living off the land?

That's it for the month.

Cheers,
Peg