Pieces of The Hobbit--all my favorite bits just for kicks and giggles and happy-sighs-in-anticipation-of-the-movie. :)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Improvement of my mind by extensive reading... :)
I haven't had a lot of time to read recently...too much going on. :) But this week I have indulged because we've had an abundance of thunderous days and not too many projects going on. *Yay* So what have I been indulging in?
Pieces of The Hobbit--all my favorite bits just for kicks and giggles and happy-sighs-in-anticipation-of-the-movie. :)
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster--a new-found favorite and one of the sweetest, more cheerful (and satisfying) books you'll ever read. :) Plus it features a handsome, millionaire-benefactor. The sort I'm always on the look-out for. After all, doesn't someone want to adopt a Rachel? No? No takers? Sheesh. I'm not that bad. And I make a mean cheesecake. ;)
The combination of quaint little illustrations and confidential, pert letters makes for laughter every other sentence. I really do love this book. :)
Bud & Me--I was so intrigued by the true story of Bud and Temple Abernathy's cross-country rides (and they were only 9&5!) that I was sad to finish it. I mean, I've always been a sucker for frontier adventure: wolves, Indians, cattle rustlers, Teddy Roosevelt...can you get any better than that? I was sad to close the covers. Still, it made another title on my "Have Read in 2012" list that I was glad it only took an afternoon to read. :)
Oliver Twist--easily one of the simplest, easiest-to-understand Dickens books I've ever read. (And I've read at least ten) I am about half-way through now (not quite, actually) and loving it. Mr. Brownlow is simply adorable and I don't like Mr. Bumble. I love the Artful Dodger too! Fagin is just plain creepy, as is Sikes.
I'm hoping to finish this book by the end of the week so I can boast three books in one week! That'll be a record for the rate I've been going recently. :) Ahhhh....I love reading so very very much. :) So what have you been reading?
Pieces of The Hobbit--all my favorite bits just for kicks and giggles and happy-sighs-in-anticipation-of-the-movie. :)
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Oh what a lovely week you're having! =)
ReplyDeletei've been wanting to read Daddy-Long-Legs ever since I watched the movie starring Fred Astaire
hate to keep commenting on your posts with random answers that have nothing to do with what you wrote, but I'm not sure how to answer folks back so they don't think I'm being a snob an not answering them back, heaven forbid that !
ReplyDeleteTo answer you Yes we are a year round business, but not here in Massachusetts, we work all over.
We are on a job for as long as it takes, we do painting, siding, landscaping, carpentry, masonry, we pretty much do it all, my brothers will build a house of someone want it done.
Yes the whole family is involved, all nine of us. from my mom and all eight siblings counting me. The crew in the picture is missing three more, and our mother. Working as a family is a blast ! gosh I cant imagine working alone.
We might go to virginia, my two brothers and older sister are in FL right now so, virginia isn't too far. Were hoping to expand to a very large business in the future.
You live on a farm, like with animals and such ? How neat I bet you have a great time, does all your family work your landscaping business ?
Oh and I love the post about what you have been reading, if devouring books were a talent I would have the best.
ReplyDeleteI love books the written word is like water to my soul. I could literally live at the library.
I have yet to read daddy long legs but I have heard a lot about it recently, I feel a trip to the library coming on.
~ Rachel Hope