Reading Down The List.

Amusing me in the last few weeks were the number of stray books that managed to sneak into my reading pile. Not all of them got finished. Yet. The previous list was completely read and returned to the library.

Sleeping with Cats, Marge Piercy
The Bishop Goes to The University, Andrew M. Greeley
The French Chef Cookbook, Julia Child
Life Of The Beloved, Henri J. M. Nouwen
S.S. AMERICA – U.S.S.WEST POINT – S.S. AUSTRALIS, Lawrence Driscoll
Shoes. Linda O’Keeffe

Sleeping with Cats is half read and is the biography of a highly praised writer and poet. These writer’s bios aren’t always well done, but this one is. It’s worth keeping as are the other thrift shop finds of the week: Shoes, and The French Chef Cookbook.

Oh, I’m one of those inveterate readers. If there is nothing else happening in my world, I immediately poke my nose deep into a book. Unlike the television and computer preoccupations of many of the current generation, my enthusiasm is portable. My backpack usually has one or two books waiting for me, and on days I work, I also add the Smithsonian, Newsweek, and our local rag.

Oh yes, I’ve subscribed to our local paper again. Much to my dismay, I discovered that no one at the Historical Society has kept up with the Subject files since the late eighties. In fact, there are few clippings from the nineties at all. Hopefully no undocumented major items of historical significance happened in the 1990’s which will be needed by researchers. I’ve fallen into the position of defacto keeper of the files, and we will have to wait to see if I enjoy it. As long as I don’t become obsessive about it, I should survive in fine fettle.

Reading down the list:

Bone Hunter, Sarah Andrews
The Silent Woman, Edward Marston
The Merry Devils. Edward Marston,
Grimmer Than Hell, David Drake
The Primrose Switchback. Jo Bannister
The New Basics Cookbook, Jullee Rosso & Shelia Lukins