Am rereading his translation of Apuleius's "The Golden Ass" for about the third or fourth time.

I have a nice but pretty beat up 17th century French edition of it too.

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Scarletwoman, I'm glad you are enjoying Eliot Pattison's books as you are. I'm thinking they would appeal to me too.

I finished River Thieves by Michael Crummy. River Thieves was my kind of book. I have to confess that I had never given Newfoundland much serious consideration. After reading River Thieves I had to know more about Newfoundland. I found out that Newfoundland is an interesting and beautiful place with an incredibly rich history. I am looking forward to Mrs. Enthusiast reading River Thieves.

Now I'm reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I'm over one third through and it becomes more interesting as I progress.

Mrs Enthusiast loved The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillarman. I'm looking forward to that one. We are soon to be finished with the Tony Hillarman books. We plan to read his daughter Ann's books as she carries on with the same characters and style as her father.

Mrs Enthusiast is now reading Black Widow by Randy Wayne White. She tells me there isn't a dull moment in Black Widow. She is loving it.

That Eliot Pattison series sounds so interesting, I might have to check it out. I have a rudimentary knowledge of Tibet and it's problems, and probably less knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism, so I would be coming at the book from a different and less learned position. I would hope to learn more from this book.

I am always late to the game on popular books, and have just started The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I like the way it is written, but I am not sure about the whole plot yet. I find it rather implausible. We'll see as I get into it more.

I just finished Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. Written in 1949, it is supposedly the first post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written. It is said to have influenced Stephen King when writing The Stand. I was really fascinated by the vision that Stewart had of a new future and could see it evolving the way he saw it.

Finally, my turn came up at the library. Wow. By about page 40 I could see why Doerr won the Prize for this. His words drip like little diamonds into your mind. (Heh, see what I did there?)

Halfway through, now, it's getting pretty creepy. This was the stuff I didn't want to read. Nazis. I do love, though, how the chapters go back and forth. A swinging, soothing rhythm. But then, all of a sudden, there's 2 chapters that jump to the future. Then it goes back. Not sure, yet, how I feel about that. It is certainly, though, a book that fills my mind.

Speaking of Newfoundland, I went to the thrift store today and found The Shipping News by Annie Proulx. This has been on my list for some time but my library didn't have it. We don't do foreign authors. I also got an audio of Atwood's The Blind Assassin. So I shall soon be immersing myself in Canadia.

I also have strong feelings for Tibet. I hope to find online those scarletwoman mentioned, then I will donate them to my library. Spreading the words, a little bit at a time.

Happy reading!

Back at ya.

of The Shipping News. I was told that it was so good, and I just don't think I understood it or something. Maybe it was just too weird.

finishing All The Light... Then I shall dive into Shipping News, just for you. I so rarely get asked what I think, I'll jump on this. Hell, I might just start it tonight. No no, gotta finish Doerr.

But like I said, it was just me. A friend had lent it to me as a "must read"......I don't take her advice anymore since we must have different tastes.

best seller list at some point. Set in London.

If you liked Gone Girl - same genre. But better part - didn't figure out who did it until about 50 % through. Gone Girl 25%.

I actually liked it so much I didn't want to finish it - my rule of thumb as to whether or not a book is very good !

I really liked it.

Have you read Gillian Flynn's other books, Sharp Objects and Dark Places? Dark Places is my favorite of hers.

Gone Girl - and really - the first part of the book glaringly lacks logic. It soon becomes so obvious that she just might be playing him - with the anniversary game - yet not he nor all these supposedly good investigators key in on that

I've read this year. After finishing that, I felt compelled to read something lighter, so I'm now into Michelle Huneven's book Off Course. All of her other books have been very good, esp. Round Rock and Jamesland.

I'm on Chapter 5. It's no "To Kill A Mockingbird" but then I didn't expect it to be.

Interesting book - Alabama in the 50's - racial relationships. The people of Macomb started freaking out because "the times they were a changin." I liked this book.

as told by the brother of the murdered victim. Upset that his brother's murder is reduced to an unnamed Arab on a beach, Harun tells the side of his brother's story, and gives "the Arab" a name -- Musa. Brilliantly written.