So do you remember
this post where I wrote about those beautiful editions of the Mary Stewart books? Well I got a bunch of them! I am so pleased and excited to have all this lovely reading material. So unfortunately, my library books have be pushed most definitely to the back burner. I started with Thornyhold because I remembered loving it.
It's one of Stewart's most fantasy-filled romance. It is set in the 40s and is the story of young Gilly, who inherits an old house named Thornyhold from her cousin. This cousin was labeled a witch by the surrounding village and Gilly is fast discovering that she may have some of the same talents. She also has to deal with the jealous neighbor and her dimwitted son who are out to get her. However, not everybody dislikes her. She befriends a little boy who is amazed at her abilities to cure animals and falls in love with the boy's writer father. Along with a very good plot, there are wonderful cozy descriptions of setting up housekeeping in a little country house.
I will probably not be reading many of my library books until I finish these Mary Stewart books, so this will be a blogging series. I'd love to have any of you read these along with me! And the pretty editions are by no means requisite. Most libraries, I think, have a good selection of Mary Stewart's writing. I highly recommend all of them.
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