Forty Five

I took a bit of a vacation from reading, mostly because I couldn't decide what to read next. I finally lit upon Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. Wow!

Let me tell you something about myself. 1. I hate to read out loud. And 2. I read constantly. Especially in the car.

Last Saturday we took a one hour drive east and I brought along Year of Wonders. For some bizarre reason I decided to read the first page out loud to Andrew. And then we were both hooked so I had to read for the whole car ride. There and back. And then he made me read to him that evening while we sat on the couch.

You can not even begin to realise what an act of will (and what a sacrifice!) this was for me. Because I hate reading out loud and it was so much slower this way. Well, for the sake of our marriage I finished the book myself and gave it to Andrew to finish himself.

Book was incredible. Reminded me a tad of Stephen Lawhead, but I think that's partly because of the time period it's set in. I will say one negative thing...I didn't love the ending. It seemed like such a departure from the rest of the book. But then, maybe that's because I'm used to how Stephen Lawhead ends his books.

42-44

Oh Sheesh. See what happened is, I had to read a book for my book club. Which I had to find first. And then I lost it. And then I kept thinking I'd find it. Which I didn't. So finally I ordered it from Amazon. But it put a serious dent in my pacing.

Here, quickly because I have to go out, are 42-44:

Wit's End by Karen Joy Fowler (author of Jane Austen's Book Club)
The Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

All good, though Peace was definitely my favorite. The Water wasn't my favorite Rendell and I'm not positive if I loved Wit's End enough to read the Book Club.