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June 30, 2015 by Jennifer

Literary Junkies – June

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Literary Junkies is back! And I am so excited! Literary Junkies is an online book club and some of my favorite peeps participate! Each month we read a book chosen by the members and we chat about it at our monthly twitter party!

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Here are this month’s questions:

1. What are you reading right now? Tell us about it. I’m almost finished with “Lady Catherine, the Earl and the Real Downton Abbey” by Fiona Carnarvon
Lady Catherine, The Earl and the Real Downton Abbey
Goodreads Synopsis: “… Using copious materials – including diaries and scrapbooks – from the castle’s archive, the (current) Countess of Carnarvon brings alive a very modern story in a beautiful and famous setting, paying particular attention not just to the goings on upstairs, but also to the butler footmen and other staff whose lives downstairs kept the Castle moving forward into the twentieth century.
I haven’t jumped on the Downton Abbey bandwagon, but after reading this book thats going to change! I’ll be binge watching Downton Abbey on Amaxon Prime over the next few weeks!
2.  What are your top 3 reads for summer? “A Wilder Rose” by Susan Wittig Albert will definitely be the next thing I read!
A Wilder Rose
Goodreads Synopsis:

In 1928, Rose Wilder Lane—world traveler, journalist, much-published magazine writer—returned from an Albanian sojourn to her parents’ Ozark farm. Almanzo Wilder was 71, Laura 61, and Rose felt obligated to stay and help. To make life easier, she built them a new home, while she and Helen Boylston transformed the farmhouse into a rural writing retreat and filled it with visiting New Yorkers. Rose sold magazine stories to pay the bills for both households, and despite the subterranean tension between mother and daughter, life seemed good.

Then came the Crash. Rose’s money vanished, the magazine market dried up, and the Depression darkened the nation. That’s when Laura wrote her autobiography, “Pioneer Girl,” the story of growing up in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, on the Kansas prairie, and by the shores of Silver Lake. The rest—the eight remarkable books that followed—is literary history.

But it isn’t the history we thought we knew. For the surprising truth is that Laura’s stories were publishable only with Rose’s expert rewriting. Based on Rose’s unpublished diaries and Laura’s letters, A Wilder Rose tells the true story of the decade-long, intensive, and often troubled collaboration that produced the Little House books—the collaboration that Rose and Laura deliberately hid from their agent, editors, reviewers, and readers.

Why did the two women conceal their writing partnership? What made them commit what amounts to one of the longest-running deceptions in American literature? And what happened in those years to change Rose from a left-leaning liberal to a passionate Libertarian?

In this impeccably researched novel and with a deep insight into the book-writing business gained from her own experience as an author and coauthor, Susan Wittig Albert follows the clues that take us straight to the heart of this fascinating literary mystery.

I haven’t decided what to read after that… I’ve got a TON of books on my kindle at the moment, but who knows what I’ll feel like reading next!
3. Do you have a favorite book that you like to re-read?
I have several! Most of them are books I fell in love with as a teen. One in particular that I am looking forward to reading soon is “Hadassah: One Night with the King” by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen. I loved this book as a teen/you adult and let a friend borrow it… only I never got it back! I finally remembered to purchase another copy a few weeks ago and it arrived last week! I’ll definitely be indulging in this book very soon!
4. Do you have a favorite reading spot?
If I could hide in my bed and read all day, I would! If its not my bed, then I’d rather read outside on a comfy swing or hammock.
5. Do you enjoy a sipping on a beverage while you read? If so, tell us your favorite drink pairing!!
Anything cold and bubbly. Maybe a Dr. Pepper and some pretzels. Or chocolate.
😀
What are you reading right now??

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Comments

  1. Cassie @ Southeast by Midwest says

    July 1, 2015 at 11:37 am

    I’ve never heard of the Lady Catherine book! I SOOOOOO want to read it now.

    Reply
  2. Heather @ Beyond the Aisle says

    July 4, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    A Wilder Rose sounds really interesting – I’ve been wanting to read Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography since it came out last year.

    Reply
  3. Taylor @ Pink Heels Pink Truck says

    July 4, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    I want to read that Lady Catherine book too! I LOVE Downton Abbey!! You will love it too! 🙂

    Reply
  4. texerinsydney says

    July 8, 2015 at 2:38 am

    Reading in a hammock sounds perfect! Only I’d have to figure out how to balance that Dr Pepper…..

    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      July 8, 2015 at 8:51 am

      Thats what maso jars with lids and straws are for 😀

      Reply

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