When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.
While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.
So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some I have read more than once.
Hawk of May
Gillian Bradshaw
This is book 1 of the Down the Long Wind trilogy
If you haven't read this book, you can find it at your public library or your favorite bookstore.
I haven't heard of this book or series. But it sounds good. I read the synopsis on Amazon and it sounds like a different take on the King Arthur story. I always like finding different views. Happy Saturday. Other than the clouds, I think you like this humidity? hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThis isn’t your typical King Arthur story. Do I like this humidity? No. I love it! 💕
DeleteI haven't read this one, but it sounds good. Happy weekend, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI just love King Arthur stories
DeleteThis genre confuses me. I'm more of a 'tongue in cheek, who done it' kinda girl...... :-/
ReplyDeleteThere is murder and intrigue, but not in the same way of a whodunit
DeleteI don't know this book and have not heard of the author that I recall. Sounds like a fun read.
ReplyDeleteOld author from the 1980s
DeleteI don't know this book, sound good.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
If you like King Arthur and Medieval knight stories
DeleteI have never heard of this, or of the author. It reads like something I read when I was in undergrad school.
ReplyDeleteBradshaw was popular in the 1980s
DeleteApart from the story of the book Hawk Of Mei which is interesting to read until the end, I am impressed and sympathetic to read the story of your childhood crying in the dance classroom ..., do you still not like dancing until now?
ReplyDeleteIn college (uni) I took ballroom dancing to fulfill a physical education requirement. I enjoyed ballroom dancing and dancing at clubs or weddings.
DeleteDon't know this book, but it sounds good!!!
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