SUMMER READS

The summer has been pretty cool and we haven't really had hot lazy days at all. Maybe that's why my summer reads -list is fairly short.

I finally started the Isabel Dalhousie books by Alexander McCall Smith. I have read all his Ladies' Number 1 Detective Agency -books as well as all the Scotland series books and found the first Isabel book; The Sunday Philosophy Club very similar to Scotland series and enjoyed the first book a lot although it wasn't the easiest summer read to a non-native speaker.

I wasn't too impressed by Anita Shreve's latest book Rescue and found it a bit dull and the plot wasn't quite credible. It was just alright - I have read better ones.

I finished my summer holidays in London's East End reading about life in the 50s in all its glory. I loved Jennifer Worth's Call the Midwife and am determined to read her other three books about life in the 50s. 50s wasn't really that long ago and many of the people in the book are still alive. I love London and reading about its past always fascinates me.

I also read an interesting book about a cat and the man the cat adopted. Some people find books about pets / animals naff but this book really touched me and even changed me. The book is about a man struggling with his life in London and how he meets a cat that gives him the push he needs to change his life.  

I have visited London often and have seen people busking at Covent Garden and selling Big Issue magazines around the city. I have never bought a Big Issue magazine - I am ashamed to say -  or even thought about who these people are and why they are in the street selling a magazine but reading the story of James Bowen opened my eyes to the hardship so many people face even in my beloved London. This book educated me and changed my view of the world to some extend. And I loved the cat; A Street Cat Named Bob.

SUOMEKSI:

Joku ehkä miettii, mitä Kirjavalle ja Mustalle kuuluu. Pojat ovat seestyneet arvokkaiksi kissaherroiksi, jotka eivät enää tuhoa kotiaan, mutta rakastavat edelleenkin Aviomiestä palavasti. Musta varsinkin on löytänyt herkän puolensa ja haluaa halauksia monta kertaa päivässä. Pari vuotta olimme talon tylsimmät tyypit, joita ei kannattanut halailla tai huomioida, mutta jokin on muuttunut ja sen tietää ainakin aikaisin aamulla alkavista halaushetkistä... Voi Musta anna meidän nukkua!