“An Irish Country Doctor” by Patrick Taylor

Despite a somewhat pedestrian writing style, I enjoyed this book enough to ask for volume 2 from the library. It immerses you very nicely in 1960’s Northern Ireland village life, and the characters are interesting enough. You can definitely tell that the writer is a medical doctor. His medical descriptions are somewhat too detailed for the ordinary writer/reader.

"The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton

This book seems like a good study of the era, especially of the society of the New York City rich. The rigid thinking of the New York tribe and their strict rules of behaviour remind my very much of my mother. My favorite part was actually the last chapter, where Wharton described the changes that had taken place in New York society after 30 years.