What I'm Reading

Two books I recently enjoyed as a free download from Amazon! Even if you don't have a Kindle, you can read these books on your computer if you download the free Kindle app. Check them out!


Letters of a Woman Homesteader


From a publisher's note:
"The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for herself and her two-year-old daughter, Jerrine. Turning her hand to the nearest work, she went out by the day to work as a housecleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to better herself, she accepted employment as a housekeeper for a well-to-do Scottish cattleman, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a quarter-section in Wyoming. The letters, written through several years to a former employer in Denver, tell of her new life in the new country. They are genuine letters, and are printed as written, except for occasional omissions and alterations of names." 


Elinore Pruitt Stewart was a good writer, and I loved her descriptions of homesteading life in Wyoming and stories of the interesting people that she met. 




Love Among the Chickens


I was recently introduced to the writings of P.G. Wodehouse from a blog recommendation. I enjoyed his Jeeves books, but Love Among the Chickens is my favorite of his works that I have read thus far. 


Jerry is an author who finds himself in a slump and needs to get away from big city life. Through the hair-brained scheme of a friend, he finds himself helping to run a chicken farm in the country, falling in love with a beautiful girl, and generally causing quite a stir in the neighborhood. I laughed out loud in many places in this book!