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Oooh what a nice idea. I guess for me the thought would be-- something about Leap Year feels like a surprise, something unexpected, even though it's been there all along. I think I'd want a book to match that: somehow unexpected even though it's not new, has really been there. Maybe a Katharine Briggs book, like Nine Lives (all about cats!). Or James Branch Cabell never stops being somehow unexpected. An unexpected treasure from a favourite author, maybe? That would mean diving into the vintage picture books for something by Tomi Ungerer, perhaps, or Ruth Krauss...
TBH, I spend large chunks of every day reading (I'm currently not working for health issues) so that wouldn't be much of a difference for me.
I'm about to start reading Emma Jameson's A Death at Silversmith Bay - the protagonist is a Special Collections Librarian and an amateur sleuth and I'm very much enjoying the Jem Jago series so far (this is book 3). I'll probably finish reading it tomorrow because I tend to read very fast. I've already read 36 books since Jan 1st...
I remember that when I was a child I'd do my homework on a Friday night, then on Saturday I'd take a sandwich, a drink, and a book and just go for a walk somewhere in the Gloucestershire countryside (which was still fairly unspoilt 40+ years ago!) until I found a spot I liked, then I'd sit down and lose myself in my book. It was brilliant because no one knew where I was (ah, pre-mobile phone days, I miss you!) and no one could yell at me for not responding because I was buried in my book. That'd be an ideal way to spend a Leap day.
I’m finishing Daniel Abraham’s BLADE OF DREAM today and will follow that by diving into an early copy of Joe R. Lansdale’s upcoming novel.
After Joe’s book, I have two long and complicated books to read so I can guide the artists who will be illustrating our editions.
I’ll admit I long for the days when I didn’t read to a schedule, and could do so indiscriminately. Of course, I read a lot of *terrible* books in my younger years…
I finished Guards! Guards! on Leap Day. And it’s now my favorite Discworld book…so far.
Oooh what a nice idea. I guess for me the thought would be-- something about Leap Year feels like a surprise, something unexpected, even though it's been there all along. I think I'd want a book to match that: somehow unexpected even though it's not new, has really been there. Maybe a Katharine Briggs book, like Nine Lives (all about cats!). Or James Branch Cabell never stops being somehow unexpected. An unexpected treasure from a favourite author, maybe? That would mean diving into the vintage picture books for something by Tomi Ungerer, perhaps, or Ruth Krauss...
TBH, I spend large chunks of every day reading (I'm currently not working for health issues) so that wouldn't be much of a difference for me.
I'm about to start reading Emma Jameson's A Death at Silversmith Bay - the protagonist is a Special Collections Librarian and an amateur sleuth and I'm very much enjoying the Jem Jago series so far (this is book 3). I'll probably finish reading it tomorrow because I tend to read very fast. I've already read 36 books since Jan 1st...
I remember that when I was a child I'd do my homework on a Friday night, then on Saturday I'd take a sandwich, a drink, and a book and just go for a walk somewhere in the Gloucestershire countryside (which was still fairly unspoilt 40+ years ago!) until I found a spot I liked, then I'd sit down and lose myself in my book. It was brilliant because no one knew where I was (ah, pre-mobile phone days, I miss you!) and no one could yell at me for not responding because I was buried in my book. That'd be an ideal way to spend a Leap day.
I’m finishing Daniel Abraham’s BLADE OF DREAM today and will follow that by diving into an early copy of Joe R. Lansdale’s upcoming novel.
After Joe’s book, I have two long and complicated books to read so I can guide the artists who will be illustrating our editions.
I’ll admit I long for the days when I didn’t read to a schedule, and could do so indiscriminately. Of course, I read a lot of *terrible* books in my younger years…