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And now some books.
Sep. 12th, 2009 05:08 pmMiss Biscuit seems to be in the midst of a growth spurt. This means I spend hours (and I do mean hours) nursing. I watch long frock films and any other soothing television show I can find. I also am getting some reading done. I just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which in a word was delightful. The ending has made some friends cry. I think I found it satisfying. Okay so I gasped with excitement because I am like that. The book is told through a series of letters and of course reminded me of Daddy Long Legs. (One of my favorite books that I got as a kid via a scholastic book order.) I loved all of the characters in this book and one aspect that I adored was that you could tell the main author had worked in libraries/book shops because some of the insights into how people pick books and how one sells one a book were spot on. You could sell books in the 1930s or now and it is all the same when it comes to people and a proper book. Plus this book references Charles Lamb a fair amount, so I was one happy camper.
Now I am reading The Wordy Shipmates which I got from the library. I have enjoyed Sarah Vowell's other books. We are both American history dorks, so her subjects always appeals to me. This book focuses on the Puritan ancestors who helped to found New England. She discusses how their views and writings have influenced modern America. She also draws interesting parallels between certain figures in history. She also does away with some of the ideas people have about the Puritans. It is certainly enlightening when it comes to some of the Protestant dogma and opinions espoused in this period of history. Some were rather advanced and of course some were bewildering. (but some of that has more to do with my Catholic culture.) Plus Vowell is pretty funny and can combine talk about Cotton Mather with popular culture.
Also on the subject of books here is a neat piece about what people read on the subway in New York.
Now I am reading The Wordy Shipmates which I got from the library. I have enjoyed Sarah Vowell's other books. We are both American history dorks, so her subjects always appeals to me. This book focuses on the Puritan ancestors who helped to found New England. She discusses how their views and writings have influenced modern America. She also draws interesting parallels between certain figures in history. She also does away with some of the ideas people have about the Puritans. It is certainly enlightening when it comes to some of the Protestant dogma and opinions espoused in this period of history. Some were rather advanced and of course some were bewildering. (but some of that has more to do with my Catholic culture.) Plus Vowell is pretty funny and can combine talk about Cotton Mather with popular culture.
Also on the subject of books here is a neat piece about what people read on the subway in New York.
