I was on such a roll reading. I was enjoying my time at night, after Mira had gone to sleep, when I could settle down in my comfortable bed and melt into a good book. I was making progress on the third book in Dumas’ Marie Antoinette series. Granted this book was my least favorite as [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Distracted.
Posted in Books, Reading, tagged Alexander Dumas, Frech Revolution, Marie Antoinette, Taking the Bastile on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Between the Pages. . .
Posted in Alexander Dumas, Books, Quotes, Reading, tagged Alexander Dumas, Marie Antoinette, Quotes, Taking the Bastile on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t finished the third and last book in Alexander Dumas’ series on Marie-Antoinette yet. I have a couple hundred pages left to go but things have been rather hectic and I haven’t been able to devote as much time to it.
In the meantime, here are some passages and quotes that I found appealing:
”The most [...]
The Queen’s Necklace
Posted in Books, Reading, tagged Alexander Dumas, Books, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I should have written sooner; I knew this would happen. I finished the second book, The Queen’s Necklace, of Dumas’ Marie Antoinette series a few days ago, and immediately picked up the third and final book. At the time I thought about making a few notes about the second book [...]
Memoirs of a Physician
Posted in Books, Reading, tagged Alexander Dumas, Marie Antoinette, Memoirs of A Physician, The Count of Monte Cristo on January 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What can I say? I adore Dumas. There is something absorbing about his novels. For me the attachment began when I read The Count of Monte Cristo. That book literally blew me away. I remember reading it late at night in my old house. I would read in bed [...]
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.” E.H.
Posted in Mountains, Quickies, tagged Edmund Hillary, Mount Everest, mountain climbing on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rest in Peace
Edmund Hillary 1919-2008
May his memory continue to inspire countless others to become sufficiently motivated.
Reading for Reading’s Sake
Posted in Books, Reading, Writing, tagged Alexander Dumas, Biograhies, novels on January 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is no excuse for not writing for so long, so I won’t even attempt to make any. On a positive side, I have been dedicating most of my free time to the pleasures of reading. I’m catching up for my recent bout of “lack of book time”. First it was work [...]
