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So many books...so little time
I may be biting off more than I can chew, but I have several books going at once. I actually prefer it that way, as I have a book for most any mood that hits me. Say Uncle, by Eric Shaw Quinn is a novel about a bachelor uncle raising his orphaned infant nephew. It's very touching and so funny! Touchwood, by Karin Kallmaker is a novel about a May-December romance. I've just started it. I love this author and the recipes she slips into her novels! I've been reading and savoring Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, Menexenus: The Dialogues of Plato for about four years. it's not that I'm that slow, but I like to go back and highlight and re-read portions before proceeding on, as though I were studying it for a college course. I find it very thought provoking, as it was intended to be! The Second Ring of Power is a suspenseful recounting of an encounter between a sociologist/anthropologist, author Carlos Castaneda and a sorceress! Edge of your seat reading! I think this author tends to "go native." Does anyone else have an opinion about Castaneda? I'm attempting to branch out and try some sci-fi and I'm starting with Piers Anthony's On A Pale Horse. So far, it's not that bad as sci-fi goes. I told my partner I would give it three chapters to grip me. I've been persuaded to stick it out through this book and go into it's sequel. We'll see. It's been too long since I've read a good biography, so I've chosen Christopher Isherwood's autobiography, Christopher And His Kind. The way he keeps switching from first to third person keeps me on my toes. Hmm, I haven't run across the pronouns "he" and "I" both referring to Christopher in the same sentence, but I swear he comes close! And lastly, I'm reading Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which I'm sure most have at least heard of if you're not intimately familiar. I'm probably her only fan who takes more than a week to read through one of her books! Well, that's it! Seven at once is about my limit, so I won't be starting any new ones before I finish one of these. Although I have a James Lee Burke crime drama that's sitting here tempting me...
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