To that end I just read my first book by the celebrated, internationally acclaimed Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho. I didn't start with his most popular and award-winning book, The Alchemist, but instead a more humble one, The Devil and Miss Prym. A stranger arrives in a small, out of the way village and entices the villagers to choose between good and evil. Young, lovely Miss Prym is his main adversary. It was a great read. Now I will have a go at The Alchemist.
But first, it's Elizabeth Strout's new one, Olive, Again a followup to her very interesting and well-received Olive Kitteridge,--a curmudgeon of a retired school teacher who speaks her mind way too much, yet who somehow effects the lives of her ordinary acquaintances in a special and life-changing ways.
This is one of my survival techniques for the months of January and February!
I have never read either of those books. I will have to check them out online and maybe I will be restructuring my choices :) I always had to read what was handy most of my life due to finances. Maybe it's never to late to teach an old dog new tricks. Thank you for sharing.
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