Miss Read: Village Diary

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I am really liking this series. This is the second book in the series. It is Miss Read's Diary about village life in Fairacre and her place in it.  I felt like I was reading a Blog placed in a book written in 1957. It is divided in chapters: one for each month of the year. I can imagine writing such a journal myself. (Come to think of it, I did in 2000.) 


Miss Read has many interesting expressions that are new to me.  They offer a new insight on old subjects...because, for one, this is set in a small English village and two, it takes place over 50 years ago.  I can relate to the era, but not the second, I live in a medium-size city in the south central United States. 


I particularly loved this:  
"I was very glad to climb into the sanctuary of my bed, and 'shelve life for nine hours'." 

I really have to wrap my mind around the first and can really understand the second! I only dream of lasting a full nine hours.