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Reading...
Finished Krakatoa, finally, after plugging along on the bus. Didn't thrill me - too digressive, a bit repetitive and felt a little - dumbed down? I mean, are there people (who read books) who don't have a basic understanding of plate tectonics?
In the middle of reading Faking It aloud to mr. flea. He likes it, and I like it too, but it's no Welcome to Temptation, eh.
Read Bet Me (also Jennifer Crusie) last week in a gulp, after I missed the 8pm bus back from Chapel Hill and had to wait for the 9, so was browsing the drugstore for a treat and found one. Not sure how it will stand up to a reread - it's a little flimsier than some of hers - but by god was it fun to read something utterly enjoyable and fast.
Starting Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine S. White. So far, so good - literary criticism of seed catalogs, ca. 1958.
From the memorial, I acquired several Lousia May Alcotts, inscribed to my great-aunts from "Nana and William" (my great-great grandparents), and a books I have long loved, L. M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon, inscribed to my grandmother from the same. All early 1920s.
Best summation of my grandmother's character, in the notes at the memorial: "She always knew where she stood on any issue. You always knew where she stood on any issue." And wasn't that the truth!
In the middle of reading Faking It aloud to mr. flea. He likes it, and I like it too, but it's no Welcome to Temptation, eh.
Read Bet Me (also Jennifer Crusie) last week in a gulp, after I missed the 8pm bus back from Chapel Hill and had to wait for the 9, so was browsing the drugstore for a treat and found one. Not sure how it will stand up to a reread - it's a little flimsier than some of hers - but by god was it fun to read something utterly enjoyable and fast.
Starting Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine S. White. So far, so good - literary criticism of seed catalogs, ca. 1958.
From the memorial, I acquired several Lousia May Alcotts, inscribed to my great-aunts from "Nana and William" (my great-great grandparents), and a books I have long loved, L. M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon, inscribed to my grandmother from the same. All early 1920s.
Best summation of my grandmother's character, in the notes at the memorial: "She always knew where she stood on any issue. You always knew where she stood on any issue." And wasn't that the truth!
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Um, beyond that there are...plates? And they move under the earth, possibly? That's all I've got.
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Okay, so perhaps I am a little overly geologically aware.