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Delightful and at times laugh-out-loud funny.
I'm about to start a big fat non-fiction book as well as Ulysses *gulp*, so it may be a while before I'm swept up onto this shore again...see you on the flip side :) In March, I read Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth. I also tried to read Ennui by the same author, but it was just too much. I missed a lot of the sense of Castle Rackrent and will someday go back and reread it, but what I did "get" I enjoyed. If that makes sense. :)
For April, ... ... Dreamers of the Day (no touchstone) by Mary Doria Russell, and it was a joy to read! Now I'm back struggling through Ennui by Maria Edgeworth, which has its moments but is so foreign to my life experiences that I often have to reread passages to understand. If I need another break ... ... reread the story itself a little bit slower than I did ~ but what I did understand I enjoyed a lot! I'm now working on Ennui, which is apparently considered the sequel, and enjoying it much more. Perhaps I just needed to get into the rhythm of the late 1700s writing.
ETA: Anyway, it's ... Am currently dipping into Ennui by Maria Edgeworth, a novel from I think the late 1700s that is, apparently, considered the sequel to Castle Rackrent, which I finished last week, as well as Caesar's Gallic Wars. Wonderful stuff!
ETA touchstones. Am currently dipping into Ennui by Maria Edgeworth, a novel from I think the late 1700s, and Caesar's Gallic Wars. Wonderful stuff!
ETA ~ Oops, there's a new thread for this week. I'm going to repost there.
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