Well February’s Book Club has come round quickly and as we always say where are the weeks going to?

I am keeping up with my Aims of doing more reading this year and have managed to finish two books but I have also listened to three on my Apple iPod whilst I am working or doing home jobs.  Some people say that this is not really “reading” but then others say yes it is as although you are listening to the book you are still getting into the story.  So for February’s Book Club I will show you the Book I listened to

This is about three women in the village of Churchwood who meet.  Alice who is the retired Doctor’s Daughter who have just moved to the village since his retirment. Kate who lives on one of the local farms with her father and brothers who treat her like a slave and dress her like one of them and Naomi who owns the big house in the village and is in charge of all the local charitable good works.

Alice had damaged her hand whilst still in London and is not back to full health and is very concious of it, Kate is very concious of how everyone feels about her family and especially how she looks and acts and Naomi is concious of how everyone sees her as being stuck up and too good for the village.  The three of them come together and form a strong bond of kinship and help the village and the wounded servicemen at the local hospital by starting their own bookshop, they also discover whilst organising the bookshop a traiter in their midst.

To be honest this is only the second book I have listened to on my iPod, the first one being a book that I had already read and new the story, thinking that this would be better for me as I already knew what was going to happen.  I did wonder if I would actually listen to the story if I was busy working, but it is amazing how good our brains are at doing two things at once and I did manage to listen to the story and work!  I have also gone on to download two other books to the iPod to listen to in the future. 

It would never stop me from reading the books, which I do still prefer but being able to listen to the story whilst working works well.  The Wartime Bookshop was a lovely story, not too taxing but it was well written and read and I already have, in printed form, the next book in the series The Wartime Bookshop at Christmas so I will be reading that!  I have just started to read this book, below, and have read quite a few of Mr Marston’s books already and do love them.

The view from the Cafe.

This weekend is entirely free, no swimming, so we have a few jobs to do and we are going to see Little Man tomorrow.  This morning DH was not working so we went out to Chatsworth Farm Shop cafe for breakfast and it was lovely.  The weather was very cold and frosty so we are still in the depths of winter but it is supposed to get a little warmer later in the week, just in time for us to help Youngest & Fiance move in to their new home next weekend!

Have a wonderful weekend you lovely lot. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx

Someboday loves Henry Hoover!