Since I need a break, I am stealing this from my friend Sarah. :o)
One book that changed your life.
Hmm... The Red Tent by Anna Diamant made me realize the Biblical characters were real people and not just caricatures. So, in a way, that book shed a new light on the Bible for me. Oh, and My Antonia by Willa Cather. It gave me a fresh look at how setting can impact the tone for a book.
One book that you have read more than once.
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
One book you would want on a desert island.
All of the ones on my "to read" list because maybe then I would have enough time.
Two books that made you laugh.
Marley and Me by John Grogan (it also made me cry - see below) and Big Boned by Meg Cabot
One book that made you cry.
Marley and Me - I was on a plane and had to stop reading it so I would not freak out the other passengers with my crazy crying!
One book you wish you'd written.
The Time Traveler's Wife - brilliant
One book you wish had never been written.
Wow, never written, eh? I can't think of any book I have really HATED enough to ban from the Earth.
Two books you are currently reading.
Just finished After the Leaves Fall by Nicole Baart. Currently reading The Book of Jane by Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt.
One book you've been meaning to read.
A whole slew. I do have The Other Boleyan Girl and Feeling for Bones are on hold at the library, so I think they are next. :o)
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sundays
I miss Sunday.
I love Sundays. Church in the morning. Lunch with Kevin. Lazy hours spent napping, or watching football, or doing nothing. Sundays are wonderful days. God really knew what he was doing when he created the Sabbath, eh?
More recently I have found another item to list on the pro side for Sundays. The Complete Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theatre. I am addicted to anything Jane Austen. Have been since the first time I read Emma in 9th grade (I am a bit of a romantic). The wonderfully strange language, the stoic men, and witty women won me over. The plots are fairly predictable, but it doesn't matter. The means to which the plots are lived out and the language and posturing of the characters is fun enough. Oh, good Jane. They just don't write novels like yours anymore.
And today is Monday. And it is rainy and work is rough (I am actually online because I have been working for about an hour and a half). And I am in a whiny mood and losing respect for myself because of it. And I really want to be transported back to yesterday. I want to take another nap with Kevin, snuggle with Brody, and curl up with a blanket and get lost in the world of Miss Price's, Mansfield Parks, and one true loves.
I love Sundays. Church in the morning. Lunch with Kevin. Lazy hours spent napping, or watching football, or doing nothing. Sundays are wonderful days. God really knew what he was doing when he created the Sabbath, eh?
More recently I have found another item to list on the pro side for Sundays. The Complete Jane Austen on Masterpiece Theatre. I am addicted to anything Jane Austen. Have been since the first time I read Emma in 9th grade (I am a bit of a romantic). The wonderfully strange language, the stoic men, and witty women won me over. The plots are fairly predictable, but it doesn't matter. The means to which the plots are lived out and the language and posturing of the characters is fun enough. Oh, good Jane. They just don't write novels like yours anymore.
And today is Monday. And it is rainy and work is rough (I am actually online because I have been working for about an hour and a half). And I am in a whiny mood and losing respect for myself because of it. And I really want to be transported back to yesterday. I want to take another nap with Kevin, snuggle with Brody, and curl up with a blanket and get lost in the world of Miss Price's, Mansfield Parks, and one true loves.
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