It’s been months since I actually post anything… Lack of time is the main reason of my absence, but slowly things are calming down and I find a few minutes here and there. Unfortunately, my readin time was also close to nothing and the same happened to my beloved period dramas. Everything waits in several piles and each time I look at them I feel the need to plunge into them. I’ve been missing my books and series for quite long.
This weekend I decided to re-watch Downton Abbey. The second season is about to be released in dvd and I wanted to refresh my memory before I get into it.
Also, I just started The Little Bride by Anna Solomon. The first pages are really tough but extremely poignant. I’m loving it so far !
When 16-year-old Minna Losk journeys from Odessa to America as a mail-order bride, she dreams of a young, wealthy husband, a handsome townhouse, and freedom from physical labor and pogroms. But her husband Max turns out to be twice her age, rigidly Orthodox, and living in a one-room sod hut in South Dakota with his two teenage sons. The country is desolate, the work treacherous. Most troubling, Minna finds herself increasingly attracted to her older stepson. As a brutal winter closes in, the family’s limits are tested, and Minna, drawing on strengths she barely knows she has, is forced to confront her despair, as well as her desire.
From the author’s website: http://www.annasolomon.com/book.php
Oh LOVE Downton Abbey. It is appointment tv for me. Take care and happy reading.