I get a serious travel fever when reading these books and after My Ántonia I have been a bit obsessed with Nebraska. Few years back I visited Jane Austins house in England and it was fun to see where she lived and how the world looked liked when she lived. Would love to make a trip like that to Willa Cather's home.
I have been reading so much the last year and that is all thanks to the e-reader I bought. It makes reading so easy. I don't like to buy books because I don't know what to do with them after I have read them and since I live in the Netherlands I can only borrow books in Dutch and I prefer reading in English. Also Dutch libraries are not free!
One other advantage of e-reder is that you can't really see how big a book is. So I read Anna Karenina (downloaded for free) by Tolstoy. If I had seen how big it is I probably would have thought that I have no time for it. It was so good! And for everyone who thinks it is only about the love story - it really isn't. There are other, in my opinion, more interesting stories and characters in the book. And then there are whole chapters about mowing. I can see how some people dislike that but I loved it and I think I will be rereading just those chapters.There is a review on goodreads that perfectly describes how I felt about this book.
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My daughter is named after Lucy Maud Montgomery (though my husband threw a fit and wouldn't let me use Maud for a middle name--and yes, I know she went by "Maud" not "Lucy"). I read Anna Karenina a long time ago, when I was 17, but I remember loving it. I have socks on my needles now too! I'll have to download a book and try to finish them up, I lack only one toe. :)
ReplyDeleteI LOOOOOVE Anna Karenina.
ReplyDeleteE V E R Y part of it. I feel like that is one of those books I could read again and again and again.
I was surprised to learn that you prefer to read the books in English. You would love my house - we have hundreds of books ... Everywhere.
I have enjoyed reading all of your posts, Mari. I think you are a good writer and should investigate doing some creative writing. I think all the reading you do has made you a great writer. Start by writing something of your own childhood. Maybe in the next post, add a little bit more about your childhood. I would love to read it.
As I mentioned (in another post of yours), I have taken a long break from blogging. I needed it. Seeing your posts, though, stirs something inside me. I may go back to blogging.
On a different note - I have a friend who uses blogger and she can't get comments on her posts from iPad users (like yours used to do), I have trashed the email with those instructions to the fix that I sent you. If, by chance, you have them, will you send them to me so that I can pass them on to her?
I have to go. I have enjoyed my trip down Mari Lane. Imagine me waving at you from the top of my mountain. Enjoy what is left of your day.