I find that the story and the characters inspire me to be a better person. Although the characters experience some drama in their lives – and some are even hard issues – I love the way they handle them. In fact, one book club member said she found the book “nice and happy and soothing” and another one said she liked reading about “kind people with drama that isn’t super-dramatic,” finding it “relaxing.” Despite being sweet, they are not teeth-hurting-saccharin-sweet. I had to start over.īoy am I glad I did! I just LOVE these books! The characters are well developed and they seem so real! They have drama, yet they are “nice” books. WHAT? I was behind! I picked up one of the ones I hadn’t read (can’t even remember which one now) but I realized that I had forgotten a lot of characters and their back story. I had heard that she was not going to write any more Mitford books (she may have mentioned it in her talk) so imagine my surprise when I heard about BOOK #11 in the series (probably from Modern Mrs. I had read all the books in the series up to that point. I don’t remember much about her talk except that I was quite a fan.

I first read this book a while ago – like more than a decade! I actually heard Jan Karon speak at a women’s luncheon way back then. I had already read one book, picked one to read, and also read my contribution which was At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (and by “read” I mean listened to on audio.) At Home In Mitford by Jan Karon We have a virtual book club (can you believe that I’ve never been in a book club? Ever?) and it’s been fun to chat about books on our very own Slack channel! There were some good picks for February. I’m excited to join The Blended Blog’s Virtual Book Club book review blog hop today! If you are coming from Alison’s blog, welcome!

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