- dkrago
Fireside Reads
It is getting to be that time of year when I spend a lot of time by the fire, reading and writing. Though I am not a winter person I do love a good fire. Winter feels to me to be such a long season and more of a sedentary one so I do a lot of reading and writing.
I thought I would list a few books I planned to read over this fall and winter. I tend to read larger books that I don't want to rush through and I don't want to travel with or carry to the beach. The first one that comes to mind is a rather large book titled<a title="The Annotated Wuthering Heights" href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674724693"> The Annotated Wuthering Heights</a>Â by Emily Bronte. Â Did you that that she wrote only one novel? Â Quite an impressive debut novel.
My second choice is a rather thick tome by Dan Simmons titled <a title="Drood" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3222979-drood">Drood</a>. Â The inside flap starts with the following: Drood is the name and nightmare that obsesses Charles Dickens for the last five years of his life. At almost 800 pages it should keep me very busy as I discover the nature of the obsession of the great writer Charles Dickens.
My last choice is a massive narrative biography titled <a title="Catherine The Great" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13642937-catherine-the-great">Catherine the Great</a> by Robert K. Massie. Â Catherine is one woman who has always interested me and again, at 600 pages this is a book best savored by the fire.
Share with me some of your winter reads and why you choose this time of year to read them. Â As always, thank you for stopping by.