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...for fun.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves. A funny book about punctuation and grammar! Whaat?
I know this book has been out for a while now, but it's one I've been wanting (and NEEDING) to read and just never got around to. Since I have been on Flickr, I have become very aware of my mis-use and abuse of punctuation, grammar, exclamation points, emoticons, etc.
So hopefully, this book will help me! ;-) (See what I mean?)
The book really IS funny - I love the wry British wit of the author, Lynne Truss. She makes learning about punctuation fun!
The cool coffee mug is new, too. I saw one by this artist on Texas To Mexico's photostream www.flickr.com/photos/7930204@N04/2288010112/ and just had to have one - or two. I found them online and ordered two different designs - I really like the bright colors!
Written by Cecilia Samartin.
~ Jamilet is a beautiful young woman marred by a shockingly gruesome birthmark. It spills over her back and down her legs, twisting and writhing like a hideous cape of blood, causing her to be shunned by the villagers of her rural Mexican town. In search of medical salvation, this angel with the devil's mark is finally driven to escape north and cross the border illegally to Los Angeles.
After acquiring false documents, Jamilet finds work at a mental hospital, where she is assigned to look after Señor Peregrino, an elderly man from Spain who is as disagreeable as he is mysterious. Jamilet is given strict orders to keep her distance, but when he cleverly snags possession of her papers, he bargains to return them upon the condition that she listen to his story. Jamilet begrudgingly agrees, and Señor Peregrino takes her back to the days of his youth, when he embarked upon a mystical and romantic journey along the legendary Road to Santiago in Spain.
Jamilet and Señor Peregrino forge a spiritual bond that is more healing to them both than modern medicine could ever be. In an inspiring story of redemption, faith and the enduring power of love, Samartin offers an enlightening perspective on the true meaning of beauty. ~
When I was a child, I grew up listening to my maternal grandmother reading faerie tales to me from a big (at least from a child's perspective) green leather bound volume of Grimm's Faerie Tales with fine gilding and marbled edges. It had numerous colour plates. The book had been hers as a child, and her mother's before her, dating it to the 1880s. It was through this experience that I learned to love two things: traditional faerie tales complete with all the wonderful symbolism and gruesomeness that those original non-Disney versions contain, and beautiful book illustrations from the Golden Age of Children’s Illustration before the Second World War.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 24th of September is “I love to…” where the requirement is to take a picture of something I love to do. As soon as I read the theme, I knew what I wanted to do. I’m not a child anymore, and many of the faerie tales I heard as a child sitting on my grandmother’s knee I now know by heart, yet I still love reading faerie tales. In addition to that, as an adult, I also love collecting antiquarian volumes of faerie tales illustrated by the old master illustrators so I can admire the imagery of faerie tales from a pre-Disney era. Thus my choice for this week’s theme, which I hope you like, and also hope makes you smile.
The book I have sitting in my lap is one of the first I ever bought as a teenager, when I first began to collect antiquarian volumes of faerie tales seriously. “Cinderella’s Picture Book”, published in 1873, features three faerie tales: Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Valentine and Orson and is full of brightly coloured illustrations by English artist and book illustrator, Walter Crane (1845 – 1915). Walter Crane is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later Nineteenth Century. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, the stories are paginated separately: each eight pages illustrated in colour, printed on one side only. Commissioned for John Lane of The Bodley Head, this volume was not printed en masse, making it something of a rarity even amongst antiquarian books.
I looooove reading, sometimes I do read several books simultaneously. Started at a young age, as so on as I could read (no recollection as to when exactly). I utterly annoyed my parents by reading through many family meals, having a book placed behind my plate (the ancient equivalent to modern smartphone). At times, unfortuantely I forgot what I have read already (most books I resell or give away to charity) and so end up in buying books (keep them coming) only to realise after several pages that it ‚reads’ familiar),I, as of today, finally decided to do the adult thing of starting a list to keep track. This list is covering the ones I read during the last 3 months. Happy SoS!
Day 520- This is becoming a sort of tradition for us. Tradition, maybe obsession. I am not sure. We went to our local library book sale today, it was half price day and we paid $20 for these books. Only nine of the thirty three pictured are mine. I actually started reading that Snowflake book today.
To celebrate the end of exams (yay!), my friend and I went round to the charity shops/thrift stores in town and bought some secondhand books to read. It was so much fun. I bought all these for just £3.25 =)
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02.08.2008
Paul Auster, Oracle Night
Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet
Banana Yoshimoto, Hardboiled & Hard Luck
Christopher Moore, Lamb
Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto, Goodbye Tsugami
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let me Go
Ian McEwan, Atonement
Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
Paul Auster, New York Trilogy
Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue (Wil's book)
Takuji Ichikawa, Be With You
Michael Cunningham, Specimen Days
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
Douglas Coupland, Polaroids from the Dead
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Le Petit Prince
Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother
Rebecca Wells, The Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
Peter Carey, Theft
Caprice Crane, Forget About it
Ken Kesey, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lori Lansens, The Girls
Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
Carol Shields, Unless - I once started but didn't finish, I'll try again
Marian Keyes, Angels
Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts
Jeffrey Eugenides, Virgin Suicides - tried to read this twice. Will try one more time...
Douglas Coupland, Microserfs
Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran
Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief (accompanied by novel-in-novel by The Gum Thief's character Roger Thorpe)
This photo excludes what I would like to re-read in 2008, by JK Rowling:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I am not allowed to buy anymore books until I've read all of these. *pouts at Wil*
No group awards or images wanted. They will be deleted.
"I could really identify with Dorothy, a girl who found herself in a strange land where impossible things happen: animals talk, magic is real. Dorothy has to be calm and brave to face her challenges."
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Created for the We're Here group's focus on children's books for the group I love to read!
"Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they will never cease to be amused."
~ Anonymous
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. AB800 with Softlighter II camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
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Thanks everyone!
A stack of books I have read in the past couple of months. Some were good, some just OK, and some were VERY good.
My favorites were:
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck ( a re-read)
Walden by Henry David Thoreau (I finally got around to reading it, and I'm glad I did!)
I know... not your typical Summer Reading List, but I have several piles of unread books, and these were the ones who called out the loudest to me. ;-)
I'm currently reading a memoir called Crow in the House, Wolf at the Door, by a Texas author, Frances Nail. It's a collection of essays about her childhood, growing up in Texas during the Depression, and about her life since then.
My mother was born in Texas about the same time, which is one reason I'm finding this book so interesting.
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We have had gorgeous weather lately, so I love to lay on the couch in the sunroom and read.
The windows are all open, so I can hear the birds, feel the breeze, and the sun on my face and see all the lovely surroundings. Heaven!
Oh, and sometimes I take a little nap out there. ;-)
The book is about Nakul Kapoor, a corporate executive, who is fed up with his staid routine and thinks life has given him a raw deal. The story goes about how he manages to come out of all the chaos in his life. The narrative is hilarious. This is an extremely light read and thoroughly enjoyable one.
These are some of my books from childhood. I had at least one book for Christmas and birthday every year, they were mostly in plain covers like The Water Babies and the Katy books. How times have changed. 'Cockle Button, Cockle Ben' was a firm favourite. I think I was 6 when I was given it. However unattractive the covers they didn't stop me from becoming a bookworm. The Dimsie books were my Mum's favourites.
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My stack of books to read next.
As you can see, I not only buy new books, but I haunt thrift stores and used book stores for books, too. Most of these are recent finds. Some of them are books I've always wanted to read.
I'm currently reading True Compass, the Ted Kennedy memoir (very good, BTW), but when I finish it, I can't decide which book is next. What do you think? Have you read any of these? I'd love to get your suggestions and/or reviews!
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I'm running out of space!
When I took this shot without flash, it came out way, way too dark. When I hit the Quick Fix button on the photo editing program, it came out as sort of a cross between color and black and white.
I liked the way it looked... so here ya go - a hybrid! ;-)
I love these ones so much, reading is such a wonderful thing. I also admit to adoring 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'A Little Princess', 'The Time Traveller's Wife' which you must read, and The Sisterhood books.
After lunch, I finished the last of a BIG bag of cherries I brought home Friday. Tommy ate a few, but the most of them were eaten by me. I love cherries when they are plump and sweet, and the ones I have bought this summer have been very good.
I'm reading Julie & Julia, and I'm only on page 93, but so far I'm loving it. I remember when she was doing this "project" and writing about it in her blog. She's funny, and irreverent, but her language is somewhat, shall we say, rated R - just a warning! ;-)
I'm looking forward to the movie - I love Meryl Streep, and the trailers I've seen of her as Julia Child are great! She is spot on!
Secret #11: I love to read.... I tend to lose myself in books. I get so wrapped up in the story and don't want to put it down until I'm finished. I enjoy a wide variety of books; mostly romance and murder mystery. Mary Higgins Clark is my favorite author and I think I have read all of her books. My favorite of hers is All around the Town. This is her newest one I just started Where are you now?
Also my 15/52 weeks sp... since I didn't post on on Friday.
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I finished reading "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", and I liked it.
The setting is Guernsey Island, in the English Channel between England and France, in 1946, shortly after the end of World War II.
The book was written entirely as a series of letters, which I thought was an interesting technique. It was, in turns, a story of friendship, bravery, and how the love of books and reading can bring people together, and can help them transcend even the worst circumstances in life.
Woven through the story are descriptions of the occupation of Guernsey Island by the Germans during the war (based on actual facts). The conditions for the islanders were horrible during that time, and the story switches back and forth between budding friendships and love after the war, and the hardships and horrors that were endured during the war.
The occupation of Guernsey Island was a little-known chapter of the war, and this book tells the story of it wonderfully!
A touching and uplifting story of friendship, courage, heroism, and love - I liked it!
This is not a plug for Amazon, but here is more info. about the book:
www.amazon.com/Guernsey-Literary-Potato-Peel-Society/dp/0...
I love to see what other people read, so here's another peek at a few of my books.
And yes, i've read them all. I get that question a lot. ;-)
Actually, all of them except Team of Rivals - it's coming up soon.
Hello mom...it's your library...is that dust on the shelf?
I didn't think so...
:)
I like this...I took it while you were at work one night...
all different angles...I liked this one best. It's like I am sitting on the shelf.
I love your library. It is sooo inviting...all the books, the old fashioned chairs...
But, mom...let's be honest...
You cannot curl up in one of these chairs and get lost in a book. Adorable, yes... But, a little hard...
Bring back the big, over sized leather...
Maybe a shopping trip is in order.
Have a nice day mom~and thanks for always looking at my stream...
Amazing! I've read fifteen books since I received my new Kindle on July 16th!
Even though I love reading this way, REAL books will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart.
I must admit, I do miss seeing these actual books on my bookshelf, but after donating TEN boxes of old novels and paperbacks to Goodwill, and STILL having four bookshelves full, I was forced to admit I needed to turn over a new leaf (so to speak). ;-)
Like anything else, there are pros and cons to the Kindle, but for now, I can't seem to stop reading (and buying!) books for it. As you can see, I haven't been doing any heavy reading - just enjoying mostly thrillers and private detective fiction. I even discovered an author I had never read before, who is terrific. He wrote a series of mystery/thrillers about an American travel writer in Bangkok, Thailand... of all places! He's really quite good - well-written plots, quirky characters and great dialogue. If you like mystery/thrillers, give him a try - Timothy Hallinan is his name.
I just finished reading Freedom, by Jonathan Franz, which was wonderful! It is more of a literary American novel about an American marriage and family . It may not be for everyone, but I loved it! He also wrote The Corrections, which I'm thinking about going back to re-read. He's been called the next Great American Novelist by some, and over-hyped and over-rated by others... you either love his writing or hate it, I guess. I love it.
How lucky can we be? We've been to Paris...TWICE!
(Business trips for Tommy, but I tagged along.)
Happy Monday, everyone.
I'm off to the Apple Store for a One to One session - to learn more about my MacBook Pro. Be back later to visit.
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A bookstore in a matchbox!
My friend, Amy www.flickr.com/people/worldinamatchbox/, makes these wonderful little miniature scenes - in matchboxs! She sent me this miniature bookstore in a matchbox as a Christmas gift, and I just love it! Not only because it was made by Amy, and reminds me of her kindness, but also because I'm a devoted reader and book collector. Thank you again, Amy!
Here is the link to Amy's Etsy shop, if you would like to see more of her work.
December Diary 2008 Project.
well, almost - in the sunroom, actually, but that's almost outdoors!. ;-)
It was a beautiful day... I moved a few of my recently read books out to the sunroom to make more room in the bookcases. And then I laid on the wicker couch and spent the afternoon reading - it was wonderful!
I have so many books - I was SO tempted to only bring out books that color coordinated with my little pink and green girly sunroom! ;-)
Short prose portraits of women whose lives were deemed "scandalous" at their time. New inspiration for books and authors to look into and art to appreciate.
I just finished reading "The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". It was wondrous!
It's so hard for me to write reviews of the books I read, so just let me say that it was very different - but in a good way. LOL! I really liked it!
...Daisy Mae and lots of books.
Oops, I should have included my MacBook, my camera, and my newest favorite thing - my Kindle.
What can I say? I love to read, and once I start reading, I get so caught up in the author's words, I (almost) forget whether I'm holding a book or a Kindle. As much as I love being surrounded by lots of books, it's still all about the READING for me!