"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace".--Milan Kundera
Friday, May 25, 2012
My link....
"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace".--Milan Kundera
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Oh, This Was Fun!
I have a difficult time reading Jane Austen but I enjoy reading about her and I have seen a few of the movies based on her books-I own all the books. This is why when I stumbled on a Jane Austen Character Quiz
I thought I would humor myself and join in the fun of finding out which Austen character I am......Pleasantly, I am most like Elizabeth Bennet. Now, if only I looked like Ms. Knightly....
Friday, May 18, 2012
Essay, Anyone?
I am an essayist at heart. I love to read them and yes, I love to write them. To me, the essay projects the idea in the most clear and astute way possible. It is discernment in the most profound way.
Like a great piece of fiction it can be long and laborious as Les Miserables, or brief and to the point as Kate Chopins, Story of an Hour. Books that read as long essays excite me and stir up the inspiration needed to write. Books such as, Reading Lolita in Tehran, or The Bookseller of Kabul suck me in because they seem to be, between those cover of theirs, one long, lovely and inviting essay.
I was excited, when, at the librarys bookstore I found, The Best American Essays, 2007. I can not wait to pick through this emerald.
Monday, May 14, 2012
More Books?!
I used yesterday to venture to the local Goodwill shop - by myself :) - where I bought some too small pants and, to my husband's dismay, books. But how could I resist when they screamed from the shelves to "buy me-love me!". They were desperate....or wait, was that me?
The damage:
1776 by David McGullough. Being a history buff I have favorite historians and he is one. I can not wait to read this great find!
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose Everything in this hunk of a book seems to be nicely indexed. This is one I will probably never read, rather, I will savor the morsals, individually, when needed or desired.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine Translation by Rex Warner Being a spiritual person I am encouraged and uplifted by his works and so did not hesitate to purchase this.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas I loved the movie and have been wanting to own/read this book ever since. HOWEVER....I think I was so taken by the cover portrait that I became inadvertently biased into buying this. The version is abridged and I am the type of person who would just assume NOT read the book as read a version with the authors sweat words ripped out without the slightest bit of compassion-this is really a feisty button for me :) - The Great Illustrated Series is a different thing, though as Little Boy and I read them together. They are an introduction to the real thing.
But there we are :)
The damage:
1776 by David McGullough. Being a history buff I have favorite historians and he is one. I can not wait to read this great find!
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose Everything in this hunk of a book seems to be nicely indexed. This is one I will probably never read, rather, I will savor the morsals, individually, when needed or desired.
The Confessions of Saint Augustine Translation by Rex Warner Being a spiritual person I am encouraged and uplifted by his works and so did not hesitate to purchase this.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas I loved the movie and have been wanting to own/read this book ever since. HOWEVER....I think I was so taken by the cover portrait that I became inadvertently biased into buying this. The version is abridged and I am the type of person who would just assume NOT read the book as read a version with the authors sweat words ripped out without the slightest bit of compassion-this is really a feisty button for me :) - The Great Illustrated Series is a different thing, though as Little Boy and I read them together. They are an introduction to the real thing.
But there we are :)
Friday, May 11, 2012
Loving it....
One of my favorite movies, An Education, has a home I have wanted to take over since I first saw the movie.
I love it because it is cozy and inviting and, with the exception of some updated appliances and counter space (where else would I make the meals my family loves to cringe at?) completely perfect.
I imagine large bookshelves in the places unseen. My goodness, even the clothes are perfect-there's your glimpse into my closet :) It is quintessential me and I suppose now, I must add the book to my treasured list reading. I can't wait!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Remembering...
Friday, May 4, 2012
Browsing.....
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Today's Loot
Wednesday's book shopping trip was one store short and so I ventured there today with the little one-here is the stash we walked away with
"Meet Abraham Lincoln" by Barbra Cary A little something for my little boy :)
"The Cycle of American Literature" by Robert E. Spiller
"Major American writers and their writings viewed in historical context...in their relationship in time,
place, and specific act of creation" says the cover. I bought it because some of my favorite authors are discussed in here-Dickinson, Poe, Irving-and I love nothing more than a good reference work!
"Writing and Researching Term-Papers and Reports" by Eugene Ehrilch and Daniel Murphy
A great source of reference works in a convenient paperback edition.
"The New York Times Guide to Reference Materials" by Mona McCormick
Chock full of bibliographies, dictionaries and handbooks-and The New York Times anything is valuable to me and worthy of having on the shelf.
"Great Essays" edited by Houston Peterson
I did not even have to open this one to know it would have a new home-the names Woolf, Conrad, Huxley and Samuel Johnson sent the book sailing into the shopping basket :)
"Interpretations of American Literature" Edited by Charles Feidelson, Jr. and Paul Brodtkorb, Jr.
Anything discussing literature I am usually a sucker for but especially when it is an Oxford Press book. This one in particular discusses Emily Dickinson, Melville and has a piece written by Roy Harvey Pearce, "The Poet as Person" which caught my eye.
"A Name of Her Own" by Jane Kirkpatrick
I had never heard of this author but the fact that this is book 1 of "The Tender Ties Historical Series" and is based on a true story get me reading the back cover of a woman in the early 1800's left to raise her 2 sons alone and all that she endures. Strong women encourage me.
"The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald" Edited by Andrew Turnbull
Do I need to explain?
"Essays of Four Decades" by Allen Tate
This will be interesting. I love essays and this hefty book looks exciting!
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"The Cycle of American Literature" by Robert E. Spiller
"Major American writers and their writings viewed in historical context...in their relationship in time,
place, and specific act of creation" says the cover. I bought it because some of my favorite authors are discussed in here-Dickinson, Poe, Irving-and I love nothing more than a good reference work!
"Writing and Researching Term-Papers and Reports" by Eugene Ehrilch and Daniel Murphy
A great source of reference works in a convenient paperback edition.
"The New York Times Guide to Reference Materials" by Mona McCormick
Chock full of bibliographies, dictionaries and handbooks-and The New York Times anything is valuable to me and worthy of having on the shelf.
"Great Essays" edited by Houston Peterson
I did not even have to open this one to know it would have a new home-the names Woolf, Conrad, Huxley and Samuel Johnson sent the book sailing into the shopping basket :)
"Interpretations of American Literature" Edited by Charles Feidelson, Jr. and Paul Brodtkorb, Jr.
Anything discussing literature I am usually a sucker for but especially when it is an Oxford Press book. This one in particular discusses Emily Dickinson, Melville and has a piece written by Roy Harvey Pearce, "The Poet as Person" which caught my eye.
"A Name of Her Own" by Jane Kirkpatrick
I had never heard of this author but the fact that this is book 1 of "The Tender Ties Historical Series" and is based on a true story get me reading the back cover of a woman in the early 1800's left to raise her 2 sons alone and all that she endures. Strong women encourage me.
"The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald" Edited by Andrew Turnbull
Do I need to explain?
"Essays of Four Decades" by Allen Tate
This will be interesting. I love essays and this hefty book looks exciting!
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