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| Re: Three Books about Outsiders [message #48742 is a reply to message #48741 ] |
Sat, 10 March 2012 00:53   |
EMoon
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Registered: March 2009 |
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Definitely sound like wonderful books. If I ever have time to read again. (Editor sent me a book they're launching in the fall with the hope that I'll read it and blurb it. SIGH. I am actually working, not just sitting here twiddling my thumbs and waiting for her comments. And yet...even with a full-court-press behind it, a new writer's first book needs to be welcomed, if it's welcome-able. So I will read it.)
Voice: Svengali worked my voice over on Wednesday, trying one thing after another to make it more melodious and consistent. I still can't hear when he hears and thus can't (at home) correct myself as he corrects me when I become less melodious. And I'm to have the Schumann song completely mastered (mistressed?) by the next lesson.
Knitting. Well...the socks are now heeled, but a long way from being toed, and they look...ratty, actually. I don't know what made the random holes here and there; I do know what made the sudden bumps in the midst of knit rows and am trying to convince myself they can pass for ornamentation (the old "bug as feature" trick) but in fact...they are purl bumps where knit Vs should be, no more, no less. It's a good thing I'll be wearing them (if I ever get them finished) under jeans. Maybe I'll wear my old short boots, too, to cover them up completely.
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| Re: Three Books about Outsiders [message #48743 is a reply to message #48739 ] |
Sat, 10 March 2012 02:39 |
 CathyR
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Registered: July 2009
Location: NW England |
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I heard RJ Palacio being interviewed about WONDER on the radio last week (the Simon Mayo book club on R2), and was impressed. Hearing her describe the incident outside the ice cream parlour, which was the catalyst for writing WONDER, was just so moving.
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
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| Re: Three Books about Outsiders [message #48745 is a reply to message #48739 ] |
Sat, 10 March 2012 09:04 |
MNCathy
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Registered: August 2010
Location: Minnesota |
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Thanks for the suggestions of books to read. I hope the ME releases its grip on you soon. I need more books to occupy myself since I'm confined to the couch with a sprained ankle. Just finished Room, by Emma Donoghue and reread (for the umpteenth time) The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer. The dog, unfortunately, does not like to curl up on the couch with me, unlike your hellhounds. She is also puzzled and slightly offended that I haven't been willing to take her for walks or outside lately, consigning those jobs to other family members. While they are trying to put on her leash, she keeps coming over to say, "But I want you to take me. Why won't you take me?"
MNCathy
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