Tuesday, January 15, 2008

What do Jane Austen, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, and CS Lewis have in common?

I don't know, but I own books by all of them. The first three, I own "complete works" of those authors. I don't think there is one out there with all of CS Lewis' works. It would be a big book, indeed.

I have also read minimally from the O. Henry book (which I just bought the other night) and the EA Poe book. I read "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall," which was wonderful, incredibly insightful, fascinating to read, and...wrong. *cries*

I try to pick up a story or nicely complete section from the many, very thick books I have. It will take me years, literally, before I can say I've finished such a book. Harry Potter, that's easy. Compilations of classics--forever, but I will try to read fairly regularly.

I will probably buy many more books before I finish one. Well, except for the Jane Austen book, which I plan to read with my stepmother, as, with her health issues, she is not as able to read as she used to be.

One more little thing. We bought $5 giftcards to a bookstore for our children to buy books with. It was a near miss. Well, I do actually mean a miss, because my older daughter's book was too expensive (Nancy Drew is not 2-for-1, right now), and they only got toys or journals. I know journals aren't such a bad thing, but I was really hoping that they would get something to read, even if it was High School Musical.

Regi G

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