10:00 pm CT. I finished 2001: A Space Odyssey and loved it! I’ll be writing a review of it in the next few days. I’ve already ordered 2010 so I can read it before I see the movie. I’ll probably try to get to 2010 this year if I can.
I would like to read at least one more sci-fi for Carl’s Sci-Fi Experience. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem and The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester are the leading contenders.
Polishing off two books in one day sure feels great. My choices were a lot different than the books I’ve been reading lately. My last three were all by Nobel laureates, and while excellent, they were a bit on the heavy side. Devouring a children’s book and then a sci-fi picked up my ‘reading spirits.’
Have a great week!
4:30 pm CT. Today I woke up and discovered that outside the wind chill factor was -24 F! Decided to stay indoors and read, read, read. I hope to finish two books today. The first one is complete, being the 2008 Newbery award winner, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz. I didn’t like it at all at first, but by the time I got to the story about a shepherdess singing to a grieving ewe, I was enjoying it. The book is subtitled Voices from a Medieval Village, and contains points of view from the blacksmith’s daughter, the tanner’s son, the falconer’s son, the glassblower’s daughters, among many others. The illustrations by Robert Byrd were excellent. Also, the book is a sturdy library-bound one. I just love new library-bound books.
