Holiday Books

I managed to finish off 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' by Winifred Watson...that was a lovely book written in the 1930's and very amusing and heartwarming in a 1930's way. I only found it after I heard it read as a Book at Bedtime abut 18 months ago.
I followed Miss P. with a book I borrowed from Brigitte and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 'Elegance' by Kathleen Tessaro - fab holiday read..not too taxing but with little bits of dressing advice for women (and a bit of a story running through it)!! :)
Next was 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown. I wasn't sure if this book was for me when I borrowed it, but it was so fast moving and absorbing I found it hard to put down and even though it was 2" thick I managed to polish it off in a day!!
'Watching the English - the unwritten rules of English behaviour' by Kate Fox took a little longer to digest as it was a bit of pop-anthropology and quite amusing. Peter had to put up with me reading him extracts which tickled me...
Finally, 'The Sunday Philosophy Club' - Alexander Macall Smith. Hmmm...I hadn't read any of his stuff before, my mum had enjoyed 'The No 1 Lady Detective Agency' series so I thought I'd give it a go...I will be passing this on to my mum...not really my cup of tea, but I did finish it!
I have also started Bill Bryson's 'A short History of almost everything'...but I haven't got too far...it requires a bit more concentration than I could muster in the airport!