3 posts tagged “books”
I normally don't read very fast. In fact, I timed myself once in college and discovered that (at least, when studying...) I read about 30 pages in an hour and about 100 pages in 3 hours. This does not bode well for my love of reading. Of course, that was when I didn't really love reading like I do now because I was reading so much all the time--things I that I wasn't choosing for myself.
ANYWAY, maybe things are turning up. I think this might be some kind record for me, but in the last 3 weeks, I've finished 2 books. Granted, I had started one of them earlier (like a couple of months ago!), but finishing 2 in a matter of weeks is fun to say. "I finished 2 books in a matter of weeks!"
The first one I started to read because I had started it before several times and never finished it then saw it in a movie and was "inspired" I guess to actually finish it:
I had seen the BBC movie, and then I saw that movie about Jane Austen's books...what's it called?... Oh, yeah: The Jane Austen Book Club. (Why couldn't I remember that?) I wanted to read the other novels of hers I hadn't read or hadn't finished, and quite frankly, this one is short. But let me say, before I begin to sound like I just learned to read last year, I wanted to accomplish it before the end of the year, and knowing how I read, I figured a shorter one was the best place to start. What I liked as much as anything about this book were Jane's occasional musings on society in the dialogue shared among the characters. She was one more astute observer of the world.
Yesterday I finished this one:
Now I'm going back to several things that have been "pending" on my night table for months (a year, in some cases!):
I started this series last year and got Dave's aunt hooked on them, too. If you shop at a dangerous level, read these.
At the suggestion (and loan!) of a friend, this is interesting. I took a break at Christmas. Time to make the donuts again.
And, finally, for work and because I'm digging it:
I've started a book club with this one. People seem interested. I'm almost finished with it... That will be 3 in a month!!! OMG...
What have you read lately?
I recommend this book. I enjoyed reading it. Hanna Green will stay in my reader's memory as I continue to think on the lessons she learned in service to court, England, and Love.
Well, after many, MANY hours of teasing and nudging from some important people, here is my very first blog, second try. I'm a little excited and a little scared of what may come--could I possibly get more lazy than I already am? Could I make a few more friends with whom to keep touch and relationship? Could I find a place where others challenge me to think more deeply about life, laugh more heartily at what is really funny, or engage my own days with deeper interest and reflection?
I hope it will be fun, that I'll get all my "work" done, that I'll still have time to chat with friends, and that someone will find a few of my muses and musings at least a little interesting. I look forward to reading yours, too.
Right now I'm reading The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory. I just discovered Ms. Gregory last year with The Other Boleyn Girl, and I'm enjoying her invitation into the royal history of England--the good, the bad, and the ugly. So far I'm more interested in the religious political struggle than the love stories, but maybe that's a professional hazard
Happy writing!
