Tuesday, July 5, 2016
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bearshortyWe just got back (a few hours ago) from five days in Long Island vising Bear's parents for 4th of July weekend.
It was a good visit but as usual I'm glad to be home.
We did pack a lot of activities in from playground to beach to a fair with rides to visiting Bear's friend Christina in her new house. (And it is a really gorgeous giant house).
And in the last two days I read the last quarter of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell , about 250 pages, and finished the book. I liked how the end came together and have enjoyed the book overall. I'm going to bed now but I will post more about the book and my reaction to it and about my weekend. I think I will also start reading Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I think it's time for me to tackle it. I started a bit today, since I can't just finish one book and not start something else, but I only read a little. I did like the first few pages so far. (The ridiculous intro to this Russian ebook with italics and caps and florid prose did make me roll my eyes very hard. I mostly skipped it before it turned me off the book. It should have just stuck to introducing the illustrator).
It was a good visit but as usual I'm glad to be home.
We did pack a lot of activities in from playground to beach to a fair with rides to visiting Bear's friend Christina in her new house. (And it is a really gorgeous giant house).
And in the last two days I read the last quarter of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell , about 250 pages, and finished the book. I liked how the end came together and have enjoyed the book overall. I'm going to bed now but I will post more about the book and my reaction to it and about my weekend. I think I will also start reading Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I think it's time for me to tackle it. I started a bit today, since I can't just finish one book and not start something else, but I only read a little. I did like the first few pages so far. (The ridiculous intro to this Russian ebook with italics and caps and florid prose did make me roll my eyes very hard. I mostly skipped it before it turned me off the book. It should have just stuck to introducing the illustrator).