Read: Another one that spanned a little while (though not quite as long as 17 years). I began this one shortly before leaving Scarborough, but then put it down for ages and only picked it up again once I'd taken up residence in the fine town of St Albans. Finished it last night!
Review: A pleasant mixture of natural history and family anecdotes, one or two of which had me laughing out loud for quite some time. I enjoyed this book - it felt warm and friendly to read and I was slightly disappointed when I finished it. Because it's a collection of anecdotes, this is the kind of book which you can easily put down for a week (or more) and then return to for another dose of gentle amusement. We hear of the lives of various members of the Durrell family as they depart England for the sunny climes of Corfu, where an exciting range of faunae - and an eclectic array of inhabitants - await their arrival. Most enjoyable. The kind of book one feels ought to be accompanied by a cup of tea and a slice of home-made cake.
Time: Who knows? I seem to have given up on this whole timing-myself-reading thing - probably because I no longer have enough spare minutes to spend reading books in a matter of hours. Alas.
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