It might take me a while to slip in some reading here and there but I
do actually give up some quilting time in
order to read.
The key word is some.
Not a whole lot but some!
I finally decided that my substitute format of entertainment
would be reading because I just
don't read as much as I would like to!
I bought a Kindle Fire and am actually able
to check books out!
Our local library is very small... so this gives me
to have great access to a wide variety of books.
These are books that I have read since the first of the year.
I loved Out of Africa (from way back when)
and Circling the Sun is a story from
the same place and time and people!
But this is another person's story...
I wish I could have lived back then and had
known them all!
There is a reason that this was such a popular book
and a good movie...
I loved this incredible story!
This book was enchanting.
First of all... I have a degree in Interior Design
from when I was a city/beach girl..
long before I created a simple life in the mountains
for myself.. but had I stayed in the city...
I would have been the main character of this book!
That's all I'm saying.
I loved this story!
This was a heart wrenching book.
Too much sad reality.
It was excellent.
I am just finishing up The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
This one seems to keep getting bumped for another book
and set aside but I do really enjoy it.
I am just finishing it up but plan on reading it again...
I am sure the second time it will be easier to
connect the dots between all the people mentioned.
That really has slowed me down.
The next book I am anxious to start reading is:
The Lemoncoly Life of Annie Aster.
I have a few friends that have formed a reading group
and this is the book chosen for our next get together/discussion.
Have a wonderful weekend!
8 friends stopped by to chat:
I loved Paula McLain's Circling the Sun because, like you, I loved Out of Africa. Her previous book, The Paris Wife, was also a good read.
Circling the Sun was a great read. I haven't read The Paris Apartment, and will add it to my list. Thanks for the recommendation! Sarah's Key stayed with me for a long time, and not in a good way. That was one heavy story. I listened to the Stig Larssen books on audio, and thought they were great stories. Once I got all the characters names straight in my head! I felt like I needed a note tablet to write them all down. Isn't reading a blessing? I don't get people who don't read! Thanks for sharing Sinta.
There are 2 other books to read after "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" by the same author. All 3 of them are interconnected. I loved them. I feel like there would have been another book to tie up loose ends, but Stig Larssen passed away.
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Patty
I need to check these books out! Lately I couldn't find a good book that keeps my attention and I started to reread some oldies but goldies because why should I waste my reading time with books I don't love.
I hear ya on the book reading vs sewing. Al and I have been taking short trips to Florida for shows and concerts while we visit family so I've been reading on the plane and in the hotels. I used to read while I ate lunch but now that he's retired too, it's rude to eat while we eat :)
I should start a list too and hang it in my sewing room.....I always forget if I read a book and then I start to re read......
Peggy/NJ
Oh how I need to get back to reading--I see and hear about alot of good books--but all I do is sew-boring!!
thanks for sharing your books with us-
love and laughter,di
You can also see the movies made from the books of Stieg Larsson, the Swetish films are the best, but they made them in an American/English version as well.
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