It’s that time of year when I don’t really have a clue what day of the week it is… but my phone reliably assures me that it’s Saturday today. I’m back in Oxfordshire, after a nice long time at home, but not back to work until 2nd January – so plenty of time to dedicate to even more reading. And finishing my final A Century of Books title! Before that – the usual miscellany.
1.) The link – for UK readers only, I think, I’m afraid. I’ve just watched The Bishop’s Wife on iPlayer (you can too at this link for the next three weeks) – hopefully the film is accessible elsewhere if you’re out of the UK. It’s adapted from a 1928 novel by Robert Nathan (a writer I love), and was made in 1947 with Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven – all about an angel who comes to solve some problems (though not the problems the bishop expects).
2.) The blog post – I love the end of the year in the book blogging world, because I love reading Best of The Year lists (mine to come soon), and I love seeing what reading resolutions people have. I don’t think I have any for 2019, at least not yet, but enjoy Thomas’s.
3.) The book – I don’t think I’ve mentioned that the latest Furrowed Middlebrow books are coming out soon – including all three sequels to Mrs Tim of the Regiment by D.E. Stevenson! They’re coming out in January, I think, and I have review copies I’m excited about diving into soon. More here.
I am so excited about the Mrs Tim reprints! I preordered them as a Christmas gift to myself and can’t wait for them to arrive. I went through such a drawn out process tracking down copies through the inter-library loan system when I read them the first time and I can’t wait to have them on my shelf, available to read whenever I like.
I love Mrs Tim! I don’t always see the humor in books other people find amusing (when I edited women’s fiction I particularly disliked the slapstick romances one of my predecessors had signed up and stuck me with) but DES is hilarious and this series is amusing because of the characters, the economies she practices (albeit with servants), the way DES conveys how everything happens at once (usually household disasters), and Mrs Tim herself is quite delightful. I hope you enjoy.
I am currently reading Mrs Tim of the regiment on my kindle so I can carry on with Mrs Tim carries on which Dean Street press very kindly sent me. Don’t know why I haven’t read it before. Perfect for a gloomy day at the year’s end.
I too saw The Bishop’s Wife – surprisingly good.
You know I love D.E. Stevenson, but I am not a fan of the Mrs. Tim books. And thanks for the shout out.