4 posts tagged “reading”

So my friend the Devil Librarian came up with a fairly brilliant idea about a thematic online Book A Month. 

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

This one was fortuitous because I had just finished Outlander by Diana Galbaldon.  This is the story of Claire and Jamie, two people forced into marriage after knowing each other about a month.  It's the story of their romance and their love and their passion set against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.  It's also the story of how Claire, who stepped through a stone circle while collecting flowers in the Scottish Highlands after World War II, has to come to terms with the time shift and how very different life is from the 1940s to the 1740s.  She has to reconcile her understanding of genealogy (Frank, her husband in "her time", is very into his family history) with the reality of meeting people who were, to her, names on a chart, especially when one looks very much like Frank. 
It's very much a story about time - historical fiction and romance, fantasy, realistic fiction.  The series - well, at least the first 3, they go downhill after that - are very good reads with wonderful descriptions of all the time periods they cover.  Brain candy, yes, but also stuffed with the occasional gem of a line.

Worth reading.

Where do you get recommendations for new books to read?

Lesseee...LJ, AL, Choice, Kirkus, UNABASHED LIBRARIAN, SLJ, IL, Amazon, B&N, Borders, colleagues, staff, patrons, family, friends, students, email groups, NYTBR, just to name the ones off the top of my head.

Basically, wherever I can.

what makes it different from a hamburger or salsbury steak?  I'm watching Rachael Ray make mini meatloaves by cooking them in a skillet instead of the oven.  I'm not sure if they still qualify as meatloaf.

flash on the raindrops

It's pouring here.  I love it.  Lots of thunder and lightning.  Course, the dogs really need to go out and won't go out in the rain.  Looking at the photos, I can't imagine why.  ;)

I'm feeling better from a bout of what I'm pretty sure is stomach flu.  And am a bit antsy sitting in the house.  So I've been taking photos, watching TV and reading.  woo hoo for an exciting day!

For the first time in as long as I can remember, I'm doing nothing today.  Brian is in Orlando with his family, so I don't even have to deal with anyone else (as much I enjoy housemating with him, alone time is in short supply).  I'm rereading Neuromancer and watching movies (My Best Friend's Wedding is on right now, but there's also been Save the Last Dance and something else earlier this morning).  I've dozed in my chair and played a bit with the dogs and Peanut.  I've fucked around with my myspace page.  It's really been a lovely day. 
Which is good, because I've needed it.  I can't remember doing nothing by choice for a long time.