I'm currently rereading Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey, and looking forward to Because Fat Girl by Lauren Marie Fleming. For sewing I'm about to do the starlight palazzo pants but I also want a duster vest or something to go over them. Haven't decided yet.
Those books sound good. A duster vest is a good idea. I have a black linen one -- I should wear it more often. I've always wanted a denim duster, but haven't thought about making one. Have fun on your projects!
Amazingly I have the e-book edition of All Fours on reserve at our library and I am told it will be mine on 24 March 2025 to read, but if all those in front of me read at the same speed as you Sandra I may have it for Christmas! I have a friend the same age as us who whilst her husband was alive used to go on holiday alone to the same hotel beside Lake Como in Italy and reinvent herself. Her husband had the same heart surgery as me and thought of himself at death’s door ever after and that having sex would kill him (he was 90 when he died a few years back). She sent me some graphic letters about a couple of the holidays, which are lodged in my memory. I could not bring myself to keep them.
Otherwise, I am slowly working my way through a lovely hard copy of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. I can’t make up my mind about the story and its ending, so I have to finish reading the book to find out how she gets there. I have to turn off mid-evening if I want to have a decent night’s sleep, so reading is out. It is usually a Maigret on our Talking Pictures TV channel that just show old TV programmes and films.🐰
Wow! I could read for a year or more on this great collection you are reading! I appreciate how you bite off a bit of Atwood and chew on it to find the meaning and savor the flavor. I tend to read like that too with authors like Annie Dillard or even Herman Melville. Like many I am a late comer to Mary Oliver, but have enjoyed what I now know of her writing. Very old school here with poetry. Liking Walt Whitman and Dylan Thomas as favorites. Especially this time of year. Sometimes I lighten things up with a Bill Bryson book. I especially liked his travels around Australia, since it is a place I will probably never see and thru him, I have a much better idea of how big it is and how very diverse in terrain and culture. I have known a few people who have lived in Australia and they seemed to have a more expansive view of life in common. Thank you for sharing what you are reading!
Thanks for mentioning Bill Bryson and his travels around Australia. I haven't read it, and I've liked his books in the past. For 2025, aside from the Mantel books, I'm going to aim for light reading in order to make my goal of 50 books per year. Otherwise it will be a slim count for 2025. ha.
I'm currently rereading Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey, and looking forward to Because Fat Girl by Lauren Marie Fleming. For sewing I'm about to do the starlight palazzo pants but I also want a duster vest or something to go over them. Haven't decided yet.
Those books sound good. A duster vest is a good idea. I have a black linen one -- I should wear it more often. I've always wanted a denim duster, but haven't thought about making one. Have fun on your projects!
Wonderful, Sandra! I predict you'll love the Wolf Hall books.
Amazingly I have the e-book edition of All Fours on reserve at our library and I am told it will be mine on 24 March 2025 to read, but if all those in front of me read at the same speed as you Sandra I may have it for Christmas! I have a friend the same age as us who whilst her husband was alive used to go on holiday alone to the same hotel beside Lake Como in Italy and reinvent herself. Her husband had the same heart surgery as me and thought of himself at death’s door ever after and that having sex would kill him (he was 90 when he died a few years back). She sent me some graphic letters about a couple of the holidays, which are lodged in my memory. I could not bring myself to keep them.
Otherwise, I am slowly working my way through a lovely hard copy of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. I can’t make up my mind about the story and its ending, so I have to finish reading the book to find out how she gets there. I have to turn off mid-evening if I want to have a decent night’s sleep, so reading is out. It is usually a Maigret on our Talking Pictures TV channel that just show old TV programmes and films.🐰
I hope you do get the ebook sooner than expected because I think you're gonna love it.
Wow! I could read for a year or more on this great collection you are reading! I appreciate how you bite off a bit of Atwood and chew on it to find the meaning and savor the flavor. I tend to read like that too with authors like Annie Dillard or even Herman Melville. Like many I am a late comer to Mary Oliver, but have enjoyed what I now know of her writing. Very old school here with poetry. Liking Walt Whitman and Dylan Thomas as favorites. Especially this time of year. Sometimes I lighten things up with a Bill Bryson book. I especially liked his travels around Australia, since it is a place I will probably never see and thru him, I have a much better idea of how big it is and how very diverse in terrain and culture. I have known a few people who have lived in Australia and they seemed to have a more expansive view of life in common. Thank you for sharing what you are reading!
Thanks for mentioning Bill Bryson and his travels around Australia. I haven't read it, and I've liked his books in the past. For 2025, aside from the Mantel books, I'm going to aim for light reading in order to make my goal of 50 books per year. Otherwise it will be a slim count for 2025. ha.
I'm reading Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World and Debra Magpie Earling's Perma Red. I'm loving both.
I'll check them out. I love birds. And I love that Earling has a bird in her name.
I love that you noticed that.