My New Year is off to a brilliant start. I spent a quiet morning today browsing the library shelves and came home with:
Fiction: Under the Lemon Trees by Bhira Backhaus, The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley.
Non-fiction: Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale or Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture by Taylor Clark and We’ll Always Have Paris: Paris by Ray Bradbury
DVD: The Kite Runner (loved the book, will I approve of the retelling in film?) and Whale Rider (which I’ve heard good things about. Hope it proves true.)
And. . . because this library visit happened without children in tow . . . I read a news magazine. Ah, yes. Me, a cushy chair and the indulgence of focusing uninterrupted. Pure joy.
Now you tell me: what are you reading?
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I am about to start reading Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. I just finished Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.
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I have yet to read HFS – I adore her first book – I’m going to re-read The Time Traveler’s Wife this year.
I also loved The Kite Runner, though it was probably the most depressing book I’ve ever read. I’m going to start on A Thousand Splendid Suns next.
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Heart wrenching. That’s the way I would describe TKR.
This movie version – now THAT is depressing! Awful. It’s difficult to read all the English on the screen and no way do you get the relationship between the two boys. Once again: the book wins over film.
I’m reading The Mists of Avalon, which I’ve been meaning to get to for years.
Happy New Year! I admire your determination to use twitter and facebook less, they’re a real problem for me. I do intend to visit favorite blogs more though.
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I have The Mists of Avalon. I really need to find that lost box of nice hardcovers. I know it’s in the attic, just not sure where.
I love Twitter, I hate Twitter. *sigh* I’m sure you understand…
I’m still shocked to find you in my reader.
Love the new look, by the way.
Currently, I’m finishing The Help (oh, so beautiful) and will start Tristam Shandy by Lawrence Sterne. Yes, on my Kindle. Whose name is Niles.
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Heather:
Help me name my Sony Pocket.
I am just starting The Matter of Grace by Jessica Barksdale Inclan. So far, so good.
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