What I'm Reading

You know sometimes people ask you "so who's your favourite author" and then you scramble to think of someone and you say the first name that comes into your head, someone super obvious but later when you think about it you're like "actually what about the author whose backlist I'm gradually collecting, the one whose every novel is a treasure, whose name I will see on a spine and immediately buy the book regardless of back jacket blurb?" one of those authors for me is Rumer Godden. I love everything I've read. I love her style. And truth be told, I read this book on my Kindle which I love, but some books you want to OWN. Physically. If you know what I mean. Maybe I'm just old fashioned like that. China Court is the story of a house, and the stories within it, the people who've lived there and one old lady dies and one young lady comes forward and through it all, the house endures. I loved it but if you are new to Rumer Godden please start with one of my other favourites: In This House of Brede (set inside a nunnery, fascinating) or The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (family drama) or Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (kids' book about two Japanese dolls and a lonely little girl). Read them all, read widely, discover someone new to love. #chinacourt #rumergodden #120in2020 #bookstagram #mrmbookclub