Sometimes I find it is nice to read a book that somehow
reflects the season, or maybe a festival or just the time of year. It’s perhaps
in the forefront of my mind as we’ve just slipped into April which makes it the
perfect time to re-read The Enchanted April which is just about the happiest
book I’ve ever read. Very spring-like. Sometimes I like to read books that are
deliberately opposed to the season, like reading books about the Arctic in the
height of summer (which, let’s face it, is not very high in UK). Sometimes it’s
nice to have a bit of a prompt about what to read next, something that feels ‘fitting’.
It’s amazing how many books there are out there which are
set in a specific place in time, and I thought it would be nice to share some
ideas of books written by women writers that reflect a time or season
so if you’re struggling for an idea of what to read next, and want to increase
your quota of books written by women, hopefully this might give you a few
ideas.
January
The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
February
February by Lisa Moore
March
Middlemarch by George Eliot (so called as it’s the middle of
the next March by the time you’ve finished it...but it’s well worth the
effort).
April
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin
May
Frost in May by Antonia White
June
Henry and June by Anais Nin (ha ha. Yes, I cheat)
July
July’s People by Nadine Gordimer
August
August Folly by Angela Thirkell
September
The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen
October
A Week in October by Elizabeth Subercaseaux
November
Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
December
The Warmest December by Berenice L McFadden
Spring
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
Summer
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Summer by Edith Wharton
Autumn
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
Winter
The Winter Book by Tove Jansson (yep, there she is again)
Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson (and again)
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