A couple of weeks ago we were having a chat, and the subject of reading came up.We both like to read on our tummies in bed.We both share a love of female novelists. We both tend to walk around the house reading, and shushing anyone who gets in our way.
She doesn't trust Kindles. I'm learning to love mine. She likes a whodunnit. I told her about my love for a really good fictional pyschopath. If it wasn't for the fact that I am about six inches taller than her, rather less glamorous and don't look anything like Jackie O, we could be peas in a pod.....
My read for this month is one that she has lent me. I have lent her an Annie Proulx. I hope she likes it. My book group read is 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.' I know! I never saw that one coming either.
Linking up with Laura.
Leanne xx
(She also gave me the pot).
It's always good to have a friend you can share books with. And a friend with good taste in pots is a bonus. And never worry about telling people about your blog - all the best people write blogs! :-) xx
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you made a new friend. I read in bed the same way, you should know. I think you and I would enjoy a lot of the same books. I've always liked Anne Tyler. I don't tell people about my blog either. Pretty much only my husband knows. And one friend, but she found out about it in a very weird way involving a blog she was already reading who mentioned my blog, she clicked and saw me. It was bizarre.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to find a kindred spirit isn't it. No-one really knows about my blog either, funny isn't it. I always like to see what you are reading, I trust you implicitly since you put me in the way of Barbara Kingsolver. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteSounds like you've found some one on the same wave length, I too am wary of making friends, even more so after some really bad experiences with 3 people over time I thought were close friends, I found out they weren't in not very pleasant ways, but that's a whole other story! I too find it easier to make friends through my blog and let it grow from there. Most of my friends know I blog because I share it on my Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteYes I had a hideous experience with someone I considered a close friend several years ago. It affected me and my family so deeply that It's only been in the past two years that I've been able to put my trust in new friendships. xx
DeleteI feel your pain, a best friend that turned into a bullying stalker who I also unfortunately worked full time with, who tried her best to get me fired! It had a huge impact on my life and even now I can have a panic attack if I see some one in the street who looks like her! And two other close friends who I found out were causing so much trouble for me behind my back. But we live, learn, survive and move on, in fact removing negative people from my life has turned it around. Not easy to do but its made me stronger and more confident for it. One day I should write a book, for 5 years my life was like a script from a soap opera xx
DeleteI had a similar experience, and it was incredibly difficult. But you are right about living and learning. I have learnt not to tar everyone with the same brush. Just because she is a raving lunatic, doesn't mean everyone else is!
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How lovely to have a good friend so near and how funny that there are a lot of secret bloggers out there - only my eldest knows about mine and that's only because she helped me to set it up! E joy Dr. Jeckyll ! x
ReplyDeleteDr. Jekyll is a fascinating book, full of philosophical issues. Have you read Anne Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant? If not, I highly recommend it. Beautiful and heartbreaking - still one of my favourites ever. xxx
ReplyDeleteI shall look for that in the library Isabelle. Thanks for the recommendation
DeleteL xx
Hi Leanne. I don't think I have read Anne Tyler yet. I always like your recommendations, you and I have some overlap in our reading preferences. Lovely to have a new friend, isn't it? Have a lovely weekend. Christina xx
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely when you find a new friend who you have so much in common with. I'm sure I have an Anne Tyler book in my huge pile of 'to be read' books. I loved Annie Proulx The Shipping News. Hope you have a great weekend x
ReplyDeleteIt's great to find someone you click with, I don't tell people that I write a blog either x
ReplyDeleteLovely friends make life a little brighter I think. As does a good book and as for that pot ... Just perfect xx
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people who gets on very well and very easily with lots of people on a fairly superficial level but I take a long time to make a new close friend. It has happened to me here over the last couple of year after a while of feeling that I hadn't got room for another. It's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI am quite a friendly person and will chatter away to anyone about anything. But it is on a rather superficial level. In many ways I am quite reserved, and rarely come forward with anything terribly personal. Funny really. xx
DeleteI love your tale of your new friend! making a nice connection feels like a good thing. I had a chance meeting with couple of neighbours I kind of fell out with a few years ago this morning. I never really knew them but this morning they both waylaid me to talk about their new fence and were really nice. Talked for ages, we found all kinds of things in common. I was really surprised, felt like a small miracle had occurred! X
ReplyDeleteShe is a rather singular person! I'm glad that you and your neighbours are friendly once more. It makes for less awkwardness as you struggle to get your key in the front door....
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She is a rather singular person! I'm glad that you and your neighbours are friendly once more. It makes for less awkwardness as you struggle to get your key in the front door....
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It sounds as though you have a great new friend, how lovely is that! Enjoy your reading! xx
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a friend to hang on to. I've not read any Anne Tyler books but I love it when I connect with an author and you can't wait till their next book comes out. I love the pot too.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you are to have found a new friend. I've been looking for ages, for such a person that I 'click' with, but to no avail. Doesn't help that I don't join groups and am a fairly asocial person. But surely, there must be one person out there who shares my love of books and gardening and photography and books and reading and afternoon snoozes. You'd think so wouldn't you.....
ReplyDeleteI love an afternoon snooze..
DeleteL xx
It's lovely making new friends isn't it? And someone who shares so many interests makes it even more so. Hope you are enjoying Anne Tyler, she's one of my favourites.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to have a new friend who is also a neighbour. Love the pot xx
ReplyDeleteI totally understand reluctance to make new friends and keeping your writing 'secret' from real life people. I wonder if it's because a lot of introverts make great bloggers and are easier to get to know online than in person. Still, it's grand to meet a person in person and become friends with them. Sandra
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DeleteI am quite introverted. Although I may not come across as so on here. I do like people. They fascinate me. But I like being alone too. I think I have a good balance with the friends that I have. It feels good.
L xx
How good to find a like minded person just across the road. Sarah x
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