The Nerdy, Wordy, Reading Life
Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault Page: 134 The Human Factor by Graham Greene Page: 335 I’m writing this at seven on a Saturday morning. I vaguely recall the delights of sleeping in. the drowsy comfortable feeling as you snuggle down in your sheets, the peaceful tug-of-war between your mild hunger and the pleasure [...]
I have no idea Page: 1,000,000 I’ve had one two many glasses of wine. Still here is a blogpost. I actually read Charles Perault’s fairy tales today, and I loved them. Also Grahame Greene’s The Human Factor. Both books are very good. I also wanted to mention BBAW or Book Bloggers Appreciation Week. I don’t [...]
The Wind in the Willows Page: 249 The Magic Mountain Page: 405 I’m with Lewis on Wind in the Willows and not just because it’s the safest position. It was a fun, adventurous book, full of exactly the kinds of things that delight children’s hearts: exploring, just enough danger to be frightening but not paralyzing, [...]
Great Expectations Charles Dickens Page: 544 Finished The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham Page: 120 It’s been awhile since I read The Wind in the Willows and I don’t think I finished it then. It’s been on my list of things I ought to know and love ever since I read CS Lewis [...]
Great Expectations Page: 470 I continue to enjoy Dickens. Such good stuff! Great Expectations might actually go on an all-time favorites list. Dickens is such a thorough moralist that he is actually refreshing. He doesn’t preach a particular creed but delineates manners and sensitivities with such feeling that you instinctively root for right. He doesn’t [...]
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Great Expectations Charles Dickens Page: 227 Not too much reading today but I did work on my new blog. I really like the way it’s coming together but I don’t really have time for it. Still I can’t help but try to get the ideas out of my head. It’s kinda like labor right at [...]
The camera was in the car last night and I was too tired to go out and get it. Here are photos from our trip. The first is me reading while hiking, the second Jared filtering water, the third and fourth are of Lake Louis and the last is me reading again.
Moby Dick Herman Melville Page: 640 Finished Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Page: 60 I’m a squealing little girl. All twitchy and jumpy. Our campsite was on the other side of the plagues of Egypt. No, there wasn’t a river of blood and Jared didn’t die but there were about a million little frogs. A [...]
The Only Problem Muriel Spark Page: 461 The Magic Mountain Thomas Mann Page: 381 I made risotto for dinner tonight. I’m in love with the Italians. How did one culture give us spaghetti, lasagna, risotto, pizza and the wonderful glories of Parmesan cheese? So much goodness, so little time. Jared and I leave tomorrow for [...]