A quiet reading day

Sundays are made for reading. At least, I think so. Time works different on Sundays; it slows down and stretches to an eternity as the brain tries to chase away the idea of Monday and its awaiting duties.

When I was younger my mother used to call Sundays "PJ days"; and my and my siblings were allowed to sleep in, to spend all day in our PJ's and to drink all of the hot cocoa we wanted. Sunday was a day for (what we Danish famously call) "hygge" and doing nothing at all. Sundays were different; the only days were laziness were allowed.

And now, even as an adult, I associate Sundays with slow morning of sleeping in, eating pancakes for breakfast and hiding from the world by escaping into books. Sundays are days of no plans and an endless amount of possibilities; messy hair, lying in the bed for hours and listening to my boyfriend's slow intake of breath, dedacent breakfast tables and a pile of books on the night stand.

And this Sunday is no exception.

I'm spending my day in the company of Helen Sedgwick's beautiful novel The Comet Seekers. I've tried to read it before but as I wasn't in the proper headspace, the Sedgwick's poetic words became slippery before my eyes and I had to put it down. This time, I hope I'll be able to concentrate on it and appreciate it. 'Cause I'm sure it's beautiful. 

The Comet Seekers is a book filled with magical realism. It's about comets and the people that watch them, hoping for miracles to unfold underneath the wonders of the sky. The book is split in two and follows a family in France and a woman who is able to see her dead family members, when she looks up at the comets. Simultaneously two cousins in Ireland watch the comets and fall in love; a complex love that is neither light nor easy. 

Eventually I'm sure the two plot strings will be tied together and that the characters will meet while comets blaze around them, leaving fiery trails in the night sky. But for now, I've only just started reading and just appreciate the poetry in Sedgwick's writing.

What are you reading at the moment? Anything good? I hope you all have a lovely Sunday!