The Sunday Salon

By -


This week has seen me finish The One Thing More by Anne Perry. I thoroughly enjoyed this murder/mystery set in the time of the French Revolution.
As I mentioned in an earlier post I am trying to get to grips with earphones ,so that audio books may be considered. Having borrowed 'And None Shall Sleep' by Priscilla Masters from the local library I'm determined to persevere with earphones , I may need to buy a new pair, though as these are not comfortable. So this audio book is ongoing.
However, paper has triumphed over disc in my latest read, 'Borrower of the Night' by Elizabeth Peters. This is a Vicky Bliss Murder Mystery. Vicky , an Art historian is an expert in museum treasures. In this book she sets out to find the missing masterwork of a carver who died in 16th century Germany.This is my first book in the
Art History Reading Challenge. and I enjoyed it. You can read my review here.
On the home front , we are starting to get ready for lambing. This will begin sometime within the first week of March , so buildings and pens need to be prepared. It is 'all hands on deck ' at this time , however I do hope I can still enjoy an odd book.Hope you all have a good week!

Comments

Anonymous said…
I've only read one book by Anne Perry, A Christmas Visitor,which disappointed me. Maybe I should try The One thing More?

Good luck with your lambing preparations - that sounds like hard work. I hope you manage to squeeze in a book,maybe an audiobook is the answer.
15 February 2009 at 16:04
claire said…
I've never read an audiobook but one day would like to try and see if it fares well for me. :) Happy week to you!
15 February 2009 at 18:08
Linda Jacobs said…
I'm not into audiobooks, either. I've only listened to a couple on long car rides.

Good luck with your lambing! Sounds interesting!
15 February 2009 at 18:32
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Amy's Quilt Festival.

By -
Image
Over at Amy's blog there is an online quilt festival starting today and running for a week. As I have only ever made one quilt I don't have a lot of choice but as no judging takes place I thought I'd participate. Apologies to those who have already read the details of the quilt in an earlier post but I need to chronicle the it's making for the festival. It was about 2-3 years in the planning , as I was such a coward I really didn't know where to begin. The idea for the quilt was a request from my youngest daughter and not wishing to disappoint I immediately agreed. The material was duly bought and about 2 squares were sewn and that was it for at least a year!!! Then last Autumn I visited a quilt exhibition and when talking to a very talented lady just had to mention about 'this' quilt . She was very reassuring and said' as long as you stick to your pattern all will be well'. A pattern, what pattern? There was no pattern, I believed I could make th
Read more

Teaser Tuesdays

By -
Image
The rules are, Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given! Please avoid spoilers! Here is my teaser, 'A few steps away, an apartment building had been finished inside the ruins of what looked like an ancient theater, with modern brick and glass windows above rows of arches, the 'lawn' a series of pieces of fallen marble and stone, some of it intricately carved, just lying around like so. A small sign in multiple languages warned passersby about taking a souvenir ruin or two.' from 'A Friday Night Knitting Club novel Knit Two', by Kate Jacobs. page 220. Can you guess which country this describes? More teasers here.
Read more

Booking through Thursday

By -
Image
This is this week's discussion We’ve all seen the lists, we’ve all thought, “I should really read that someday,” but for all of us, there are still books on “The List” that we haven’t actually gotten around to reading. Even though we know they’re fabulous. Even though we know that we’ll like them. Or that we’ll learn from them. Or just that they’re supposed to be worthy. We just … haven’t gotten around to them yet. What’s the best book that YOU haven’t read yet? I think this week's discussion could be closely related to my last post concerning the Daily Telegraph article on reading habits. However as I have already 'casted my vote' in the 'Telegraph' poll I'll concentrate on books on my bookshelf that I intend to read one day. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver has been sitting on my shelf for years and it remains unread. There is no particular reason for it remaining so I just haven't picked it up, even though it has achieved numerous good r
Read more