Take a look at this great summer reading list from NYPL The New York Public Library inspired by Downton.
Waiting for “Downton Abbey” 2015!
It’s been a tough month for Downton-ites as we recently learned that next season will be its last! Honestly, this past March was a tough pop culture news month for me all round: first Zayn left One Direction AND Downton announced its end?! I can’t. Now we must find a way to somehow wait patiently for next January for new episodes and (hopefully) the answers to all our questions! The writers better make this last season the best one yet!
(Spoilers Ahead)
Will Lady Mary find love with Matthew Goode’s dreamy Henry Talbot? Will Edith finally get a guy and move on from her Jan Brady ways? Will Branson come back from America? Will Lady Rose? Will we get the best wedding ever featuring everyone’s favorite characters? Will Anna and Bates finally get the happiness they’ve earned? Will the countess live forever? Will they jump ahead to post-WWII and let us know what happened to everyone? Like, I said, it’s going to be rough wait but we will do it together and somehow find something to fill the Downton-sized hole in our hearts.
(End of Spoilers)
Way back in 2012, I wrote my first “Waiting for Downton Abbey” blog post and I filled it with read and watchalikes that I’d found to help me get through the down time. Back then, I had to scour the library’s catalog for books and series that took place during the same time period as Downton Abbey. Luckily, publishers and TV producers got wise to the wants and needs of fans as there is now a WHOLE sub-genre of historical fiction specifically for us. They went through their back catalogs for old books and green-lit new stuff too—fiction and non-fiction. There is so much out there and what I’m listing here is just the tip of the iceberg. This goes for TV too. There are plenty of great new series and hidden gems to keep you occupied and lucky for you, I’m on top of it! No worries, I got your back.
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