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Category: Books
Lockdown Reading recommendations this spring
Here are some book recommendations extracted from our contributors’ responses to our lockdown reading questions – just click on the title to read what they said about the book: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim Call for the Dead by John le Carré The Dutch House by Ann Patchett The House of Mirth…
I’ve been using novels as a good way of winding down at the end of the day
Have you read more or less during lockdown, or much the same as usual?
I discovered that I can enjoy reading more than one book at a time, which was something of a revelation.
Have you read more or less during lockdown, or much the same as usual?
More. When I was a working Librarian, I only found time to read at night but that has all changed. I now have more time to read during the day.
I tend to eke out reading the works of dead authors: reading the last one and realising there won’t be any more is a dreadful feeling.
Has lockdown affected your choice of reading material?
Not especially. My reading has always been fairly broad. As a part-time PhD student much of my reading relates to my research. I’ve never read fiction in a big way, though I do have some favourite authors (including Iris Murdoch). I tend to eke out reading the works of dead authors: reading the last one and realising there won’t be any more is a dreadful feeling.
I am finding it much easier to concentrate on extremely trivial things, such as Fantasy Premier League
At first more, because of all the extra time freed up by not commuting.