11 May 2012- Only one book today

LIBRARY LOOT 


I follow the blog A Guy's Moleskin Notebook and really enjoy it. He reviewed the King's English on the site highlighted above and made me quite curious.  I really love books about books and surprisingly had not heard of this one.

I put a hold on the inter-library loan and was happy to pick it up yesterday.  I have not had a thorough look yet  but love, really love the lists of books through the pages.
there are lists of books in various categories as well as by decades. The author owned a book store and cites various experiences she has encountered.

I can't wait to have a really good look.




I still have books left from the last check in I have not gotten to. I think many will need to go back. What with overseas company as well as eye surgery (I now need reading glasses but can see small bugs on the distant mountain) I have not had as much reading time but am now ploughing ahead.

Happy page turning everyone.

April 2012- A very slack library month

My sister is visiting me in Tasmania this month from the USA so I have no time for anything except catching up with her and being a tour guide.  Everything I have looked up in the library has been about Tasmania although I did spend some time looking at the Library eBook lists of books.  I can download them in a PC Adobe format though I have not actually done it. With 3000 books in my house I really shouldn't be downloading eBooks but was interested in how it worked.

I have checked out  the play, Les Dangerous Liaisons because I am going to Sydney in June, meeting a fellow theatre friend and going to the play produced by the Sydney Theatre Company. As I am not familiar with the story I wanted to read it ahead of time. Sorry this is not terribly riveting nor do I have many photos. Once my company leaves I have several months of winter in front of me in which to get started again.

Walking the library instead of looking online..My Finds!!

Tasmania has a very good library system considering the size of our state. I have used it regularly over the years but mainly from my home computer. I reserve books and I receive an email when they are to be picked up.

Reading Library Loot in the blogs I follow has truly inspired me to go into the building and spend some time looking through the shelves.

As I have decided to follow along and join in with the blogger's Library Loot I made a special trip into the library today to get started. But what to pick? I am such an organised reader. Always have my list. But today I decided to get random and see what happens. This is the result.

As I am besotted by all things Penguin I decided to walk down the shelves and pick up the first two Penguin books I came upon. The two I picked could not be further apart in content and style I am sure.

The first Penguin chosen was The Darling Buds of May. Wasn't that some old timey t.v. show?  Looks very silly but could be fun.

The second Penguin looks like I blurred the cover but the cover really looks like this. It is a Penguin Classic: The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) Alain Fournier. It isn't appealing at the moment but then I am easily surprised.

South American journey by
horseback in "Saddled with
Darwin".Riding a horse
through rural South America

Ghost Train through the
Andes-On My
Grandfather's Trail in
Chile and Bolivia.

I then decided to go to the non fiction shelves and see if there were any travel books related to South America as my husband and I will be going there in August for 5 weeks. I will even see if I can find some old Penguin books while I am there but no idea if I will or not.

Read my review of this on
Travellin Penguin

The other books were two books I read reviews of in other blogs that sounded very good and so I thought I'd have a read myself.  It is fun to see the enthusiasm or disappointment of others' reviews of the books they stumble across. Both books, A Kind Man by Susan Hill and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth were well reviewed on the blogs I read. (sorry cannot remember which blog was which).
Later: I read Susan Hill's book this evening and really enjoyed it though the storyline of curing someone with their body has been done before in a very different way by Stephen King in The Green Mile. I really felt for Eve's sister, Miriam and I wanted to shake her for being so complacent with her horrible husband and continuing to have so many children but I am sure these things happen. Although much of the story was quite predictable I enjoyed her puttering around her cottage and descriptions of her garden, birds and her chickens. Definitely an enjoyable and curious evening of reading.




 This one, Tales from the Fast Trains is one that I saw on the shelf that simply appealed to me. Stories of fast trains in various countries. I always enjoy good travel writing. I guess I found quite an eclectic collection today.

So now I guess the real fun begins as I turn off the computer,  sit down and get reading!! Thanks for the inspiration.