concert of disconcertion
Well, today was too busy to think straight. I can only bob my head happily to the M. Ward album (helicopter, helicopter, let your long rope down), eat chicken quesadillas from the ever-popular Tonio's and have a few glasses of wine, tape Angel and watch West Wing. Oh yes, this is an exciting evening at the Bond-Rowe Household, but a cheerful one nonetheless.
Christopher's reading THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB now, and he made his own special bookmark for it with the main character's names and a list of their characteristics. It's not necessary, but it's very cool. We may have to laminate it and send it to Karen after we finish. Or perhaps we will just use it in every book we read from now on, because all those books will be a slight disappointment after this one.
That may sound overstated, but there aren't many books that give you that completely absorbed feeling, not after childhood anyway, of being wrapped in a luminous bubble of light at the perfect level for reading. And it's hopeful, and funny, and beautiful. It's too bad it's not coming out in time for the holidays. But it will make a wonderful present, period. Happy sigh. I will read it again once Christopher's done. I keep vacillating between who my favorite character is, because I love them all.
Now I'm reading LOW RED MOON by Caitlin Kiernan, but that's a completely different thing. Then, either rereading Jane Austen or THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE. Happy, happy reading state of bliss has returned.
Oh, and everyone should visit the spiffy and kinda recently changed Electric Velocipede website. The fabulous and clever John Klima is obviously an editor of impeccable taste. And for those who don't frequent the Night Shade boards, particularly writers who proudly possess two X chromosomes, John would love to see more submissions to EV from female writers. So, send your submissions. (Well, I mean send the best stuff to us... then the rest to him. Or the stuff that doesn't fit into an issue of Say...'s theme.) (Just kidding. Maybe.)
I had links, but I lost them and sadly can't remember what they are.
Christopher's reading THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB now, and he made his own special bookmark for it with the main character's names and a list of their characteristics. It's not necessary, but it's very cool. We may have to laminate it and send it to Karen after we finish. Or perhaps we will just use it in every book we read from now on, because all those books will be a slight disappointment after this one.
That may sound overstated, but there aren't many books that give you that completely absorbed feeling, not after childhood anyway, of being wrapped in a luminous bubble of light at the perfect level for reading. And it's hopeful, and funny, and beautiful. It's too bad it's not coming out in time for the holidays. But it will make a wonderful present, period. Happy sigh. I will read it again once Christopher's done. I keep vacillating between who my favorite character is, because I love them all.
Now I'm reading LOW RED MOON by Caitlin Kiernan, but that's a completely different thing. Then, either rereading Jane Austen or THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE. Happy, happy reading state of bliss has returned.
Oh, and everyone should visit the spiffy and kinda recently changed Electric Velocipede website. The fabulous and clever John Klima is obviously an editor of impeccable taste. And for those who don't frequent the Night Shade boards, particularly writers who proudly possess two X chromosomes, John would love to see more submissions to EV from female writers. So, send your submissions. (Well, I mean send the best stuff to us... then the rest to him. Or the stuff that doesn't fit into an issue of Say...'s theme.) (Just kidding. Maybe.)
I had links, but I lost them and sadly can't remember what they are.
posted by Gwenda @ 11/19/2003 06:10:00 PM
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