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Comments (27)I hope everyone is enjoying these first few days of Spring. It has turned downright hot here and not much rain so I think our summer will be downright miserable, but we will see. Right now the flowers are all in bloom, but beware of the pollen. It turns everything yellow-green at this time of the year --- which is why we like to have rain, especially during the pollen season. Anyway, Kristene will be overseeing things for April so you will see her posting most of the messages soon. Things have been so busy here. This is normally a busy time of the year and my older daughter had triplets a few weeks ago and my younger daughter just defended her thesis for her Ph.D. yesterday. Yes, that is Andrea in the Piece of Cake Birthday Block group!!! Congratulations to Dr. Andrea! Jeanne...See Morespring reading discussion?
Comments (29)Just last night I finished the new translation of KL, cross referencing it with the old where I thought something might be different. The footnotes and endnotes of the Nunnally translation are nowhere near as complete or thorough as in the Archer translation. Margygren means 'Sea Ogress'. There are other points where I really felt a footnote was lacking in the N. translation that was included in the A. Also, the end notes of the A. translation include many more maps and drawings of the manor layouts. I also had an issue with an aspect of the N. translation earlier in the novel. One of the male characters--I can't remember whom--speaks of feeling as if his heart had been torn out of him through his back. (He may say his heart and lungs through his back and ribs, I can't quite remember). In any case, such an image is a strange one and makes little sense unless the reader is aware that it is an allusion to the method of execution invented by the Vikings and known as "The Blood Eagle." The A. translation calls it such, and explains in a footnote what it entailed....See MoreAPRIL: What are you reading?
Comments (104)I just finished Pretty Birds by Scott Simon for my book club. I found myself reluctant to read this novel but once I finally got going, had trouble putting it down. It is a story of daily life in Sarajevo under siege as seen primarily through the eyes of a teenaged girl. She seemed quite realistic to me with her fascination with celebrity; her mix of genuine affection and scorn for her parents; and her acceptance of the doubtful odds that she would survive into adulthood. My next book is The Annotated Pride and Prejudice. I heard the annotater David Shapard on public radio and was greatly intrigued. I like to think that I know a reasonable amount about life in Austen's times, but I suspect I am about to learn a great deal more. Rosefolly...See MoreFAN CLUB: Books over 500 pages
Comments (34)Thank you all for sharing! So many of you have mentioned excellent books that I had not mentioned. The Historian, for example. Others, like Kristin Lavransdatter, I still want to read, have gone through the trouble to buy, and look at them every now and again as they wait patiently on my shelf. Frieda, I have read Collapse and found it hard to put down. That book formed the basis for many side books into the societies mentioned therein. I have Guns, Germs, and Steel; see note in above paragraph re: books waiting patiently. As for 1491, I KNOW I read it. I remember bits of it, but cannot find it listed in my book journal. I have searched back to 2001 and found nothing. This is odd as I find a perverse sort of satisfaction logging a book into my journal. I also read Tony Horwitz's A Voyage Long and Strange (only 445 pages)which covers a bit of the same ground, but I do not believe I am confusing the two books. annpan, your post made my laugh. You've been robbed! Love it! I recently read the new Elizabeth George book. Most of her Lynley titles are doorstops. But I cannot truly put any of them on a "fan club" list. They were okay, some better than others, but nothing I truly remember, nothing that was thought-provoking. And this last one felt choppy, disconnected, and just plain "off". PAM...See More- 17 years ago
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