August Rush

It's the end of a crazy August, almost. I'm off the next week taking a well deserved break (read - exhausted from work). Work should be made illegal during the month of August, don't you think? (Oh you know I'm just kidding...)

This post was meant for last Sunday and it's only 4 days late!

Stitching progress

Sampler Sisters of the Thread
by Primitive Needle
Slowly getting there!

I love books!

(1) The Glass of Time by Michael Cox. I got the audio version from the library and was immediately mesmerized by the reader's voice belonging to Josephine Bailey. She is incredible. I kept wondering if there were actually more people reading the story because she could project so many different characters with her voice. Then I went onto Amazon and found that this is a sequel to...

(2) The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox. I have this book on my bookshelf. It's about 600 pages and I had stopped at 100 quite awhile ago. Anyway, I had to read it and I did it the same time as I was listening to The Glass of Time. So, I was totally immersed in Victorian England and these 2 glorious books. I love them. It's one story line with a mystery, lots of details and complexities in the plots, great characterizations...yum! I can't say enough but you get the picture! I am looking forward to Book #3 and the last of the trilogy.

(3) The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. This was one of those 7 day Rapid Read loans from the library last weekend. I opened it on Saturday evening and finished at Sunday bedtime! I couldn't put it down. Like its predecessor The Shadow of the Wind, this book is based in Barcelona and one underlying theme is books - specifically The Cemetary of Forgotten Books. I love that idea and it gives you a glimpse as to the atmosphere of the stories - Gothic. I so enjoyed reading The Angel's Game, and now will have to re-read The Shadow of the Wind! I just found out the author has planned 4 books all centered around The Cemetary of Forgotten Books, but each stands as a story onto its own. It's so nice to think there's more to come!

I must apologize that I am not doing justice to these wonderful books by my words. I'm too tired to do a good job. I'd just wanted to tell you about them so you might want to check them out. Now that I've been spoiled with three good books in a row, everything else I've picked up since pale by comparison.

Oh, and people asked me what I thought of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Here it is - I was very disappointed. Need I say more?

Bountiful August

It's raining plums!

Yummy Italian plums!

So, that's my belated post. I had thought about dropping out for awhile but I think if I made a break from posting, I might never get back here! Maybe I will post more while I'm off, but first I have to recharge my batteries!

Hope you are doing well, and that it's raining, if not plums, then good fortunes! Thank you for stopping by and I enjoy finding your comments waiting for me when I come home from work. They put a smile on this tired face! :-) Byeee.