Welcome to Litsy!

... All my awesome new books and journal! I‘ve never read any of these! I can‘t wait to delve into the Country House history, and I don‘t think I will be able to save the Country House Christmas until Christmas! (I‘ve already looked up her estate - Lyme - and wow. 😲😍) The mysteries all look terrific - right up my alley! The map is amazing - I love it!

Thank you so much for everything, Karen!

And thank you so much for hosting, Chrissy!

Interesting but a bit bitty - some issues keeping track of the timeline that I can‘t altogether ascribe to my ring bound proof (thank you special shelf at work & yes I know it‘s actually been out for year, but I couldn‘t justified buying so thank you shelf) and the irritation of reading giant sized. A nice starting point, fun to see familiar names pop up but not as satisfying as I‘d hoped. Still a pick though - the bibliography is huuuge.

A damning indictment of my home county. Except that over the page it says we have beautiful country houses. So there‘s that.

“Northamptonshire is one of those not-quite-in-the-Cotswolds counties that have been overlooked by topographers and seekers of the picturesque. ... it has always been somewhere to pass through on the way to something more exciting.

I got this from the magic bookshelf at work at around the time it came out. It tells you all you need to know about the size of the tbr pile and how long the downstairs renovations took that I‘m only now starting to read it. The release date was in May 2016...

Read this for research for my WIP and was disappointed that so much of the book Focused on the architectural elements of the homes and attempts to restore and update homes. I wanted more juicy stories about house parties. There were some of those, but not enough.

I am so tired, but just want to get a start on this to see if I like the writing style. So far it's a little bit jumpy, but I'm hoping it'll settle into some strong narrative non-fiction.