I think I have just received the last two books I will actually purchase for a long while. Austerity measures are on. These two books, plus a pad of beautiful paper and a luscious bar of soap are my treats to myself for all that I have done and all that I have endured for the last 3 months. I can't wait to read these books. First, I could not resist David Sedaris. He makes me laugh out loud and then I have to read aloud to Kurt, whether Kurt wants to hear it or not. I still quote Mr. Sedaris from his previous book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Demin, the story where he is trying to drown a mouse. You have to read it, but the part where the guy looks down into the bucket and says "Oh, you have a little swimming mouse" slays me!
Then somewhere I read about this book and being rather well-endowed myself, I had to get it. I'm sure there will be quite a bit of laughter and knowing nods as I read.
I didn't get around to reading God Delusion before the due date came along and I have put it back on my library hold list because I would like to read it. There are four other books on my holds list and I'll discuss when they come along.
I did actually read a book in between We Lived At The Almont and now. I read Julie Andrews Memoir, Home. I had given it to my mother-in-law as a gift for her birthday in March. She had finished it and it was just the perfect distracting thing to read while we prepped her house to move. There were no stunning revelations and it was entertaining and just the distraction I needed. If Ms. Andrews is working on a follow up and I assume she is as this one ends just before she moves to Hollywood to start her movie career, I will be happy to read it too.
Otherwise, I have been reading magazines. Perfect snippets of info and entertainment during all the travel and sleeping in strange beds, waiting in airports and just generally not having my life to myself. And now I have my life back and will dive into David Sedaris. Yay.
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