May 20, 2006
What I'm reading.........................
True to form, being too-busy has prompted a quick dash to the book shop to splurge on things-I'll-never-have-time-to-read. So sensible. so practical, so predictable! Just in case you were sitting there at home or work engrossed in the conumdrum of wondering JUST what IS Faith reading these days?; here it is;
Beyong the dictionary in Dutch by Bruce Donaldson of the University of Melbourne - much more fun than it sounds! I don't read it from A-Z but just dip into it now and then to amaze my husband with things he didn't know about his own language.
Why Birds Sing by David Rothenberg, Professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. - a luverley little book with a gorgeous cover! Very important. (Not the cover that you'll see on the website.)The recordings that you can play from the site of birds singing along with David's playing are amazing!
De Engel van Amsterdam by Geert Mak - totally unexpectedly odd bits of this make me suddenly feel quite homesick for Amsterdam..........
The Heart Garden by Janine Burke -about Sunday Reed and Heide. Something I've been meaning to read for ages.
The Perfect Glass of Wine by Ben Canaider - which is a lot of fun and also has a gorgous cover besides being a topic I can relate to. As the blurb on the back cover says "...Drink generously. What else can you do of any real merit after about midday, anyway?"
Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow by Chris McKimmie - I bought it for Jacob but he's going to have to fight me for it!
The lack of fiction may be explained by the fact that I am up to my eyeballs in manuscripts of Dutch fiction at the moment and that's probably more than enough for my puny little brain.
Posted by Faith