Skip to main content

Reading, Always Reading


I finished The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty.
I have to say that I had never heard of Louise Banks, who was apparently a real silent film star who really did grow up in Witchita, Kansas, and who really did go to NYC at the tender age of 15 accompanied by a chaperone.
But the book is fiction and the focus is the story of the fictional chaperone, named Cora Carlisle.  I found it an interesting story and social commentary.


Before that, I read The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman, who is one of my all-time favorite authors.
It is a sad story, but a wonderful read.

Another of my favorite authors is, of course, Toni Morrison.  Home is also a very sad story that is based on real historical events.

Short, but powerful.


Right now I am reading The Goddess Lounge by blog land’s own Margaret Finnegan.  I believe everybody in the world already reads her blog, but if for some reason you have missed it, definitely check it out.

The Goddess LoungeIt’s fun (and only a little sad if you think about it).
Labels:

Comments

  1. MargaretJuly 18, 2012 at 10:41 PM

    Wow. I feel honored to be in such esteemed company. Thanks, Olga.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Linda ReederJuly 18, 2012 at 10:46 PM

    I'm finally reading, rather than 'always'. I'm currently into murder mysteries, mostly Scandinavian.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Grandma KcJuly 19, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    I HAVE to make more time to ready! It was the one good thing about temping, I had lunch hour and breaks with nothing to do but read!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Arkansas PattiJuly 19, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    Yikes, I guess I am nobody in this world for I haven't read her blog. I will change my status now. Thanks.

    ReplyDelete
  5. BarbJuly 19, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    Always like to see what others are reading. I'm reading a book you might like by Brooks - Caleb's Crossing - can't put it down. It's historical fiction which I don't usually choose, but I'm enjoying it a lot.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Sally WesselyJuly 19, 2012 at 10:45 PM

    Thank you for these recommendations. I have been stuck in biography land for a long time and needed some new titles to explore. These look interesting.

    ReplyDelete
  7. toko baju muslim online murah layaliJuly 20, 2012 at 7:26 AM

    I love this post because it is very very interesting. nice post

    ReplyDelete
  8. 카지노May 27, 2020 at 2:15 AM

    "From the beginning of the club, there are so many stories, so many players who, even if you haven't seen them play, it's like you have and you know them.
    https://www.betting33.com

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I appreciate readers' comments so much. You don't even always have to agree with me.

Popular posts from this blog

It's TIme

 It's been a while since I have posted anything and even my reading your posts is falling by the wayside. I am in Florida now. I have a yard where little attention was spent on landscaping for the past years so I am slowly and (somewhat) methodically addressing that. I also volunteer to work at the pollinator garden and the edible garden I helped install at the UU grounds and I took over the volunteer job of cleaning out the overgrown community garden by my neighborhood mailboxes. The neighbor who was doing that got sick and could no longer attend to it. It's a bigger job than I'd thought at first -- not only overgrown with weeds, but the plants that are wanted there are in life and death competition for each others' spaces. And two walks a day, morning and evening, so Levi can keep up with addiction to canine social media and a daily rousing came of stick or ball midday take up another chunk of my time. I have a weekly meditation group that I co-facilitate, and my own ...
10 comments
Read more

Walking

 I have always been a walker. Now that I have a high energy dog there is no excuse for not getting out there. And the weather is not an interfering factor here. Early morning and early evening are our preferred times so even when it gets hot we should be okay. We can get quite a long walk going around the neighborhood, greeting neighbors out working in their yards or walking their own dogs. But the landscape changes quickly just beyond the confines of the housing developments. It could be described as natural Florida or as sites of future housing developments. I do prefer the first option. And I really enjoy being out in natural areas so I often opt to head to a nature setting. I would have liked to put a picture here. Unfortunately my iPhone has made a unilateral decision. It will no longer be sending my photos to my computer. Why? I have no idea. However, we may be walking along happily enough -- me listening to the birds or trying to identify wildflowers and other plants while L...
10 comments
Read more

Wedding

 Don and I drove to South Carolina to attend the wedding of my step-grandson, Will. Will Will and Katie The wedding took place on Dataw Island, a beautiful outdoor ceremony followed by a reception in the country club. We stayed in a tiny cottage in the historic center of Beaufort, rented from Vrbo. Since the wedding was at 5 p.m., we had time to explore the area a bit. I really like the low country scenery and historical charm. Sitting quietly in the curtained gazebo I was visited by multiple cardinals. They came to visit the feeder, not me, but I can always pretend! How I will always remember Will!
14 comments
Read more