Lynness-oops

Oops, sorry- that last post was me- I forgot to put my name on it in the
title or anywhere.

March read

    I read The Scarlet Pimpernel as intended.  It wasn't stellar, and there were some corny parts, but it was still enjoyable.  Afterward Nathan and I watched the A&E version of the movie.  I had hoped it would stick to the book, but it only did in the most basic and broad ways- we didn't really enjoy it that much.
    I wonder what people thought of a Baroness writing novels.  Did it make a sensation?  Was it just for enjoyment, or did she have to supplement their inheritance/income?

Rae- I haven't read any of Michael Pollan's other books, but I checked one out last month and still haven't had time to read it.
    I tried reading the Professor and the Madman once upon a time, thinking it would be right up my alley, but I just couldn't seem to get into it.  I don't remember why.  And, possibly, it wasn't even the book itself- I may have just had too much going on.  Maybe I'll have to give it another try.
    I still have my dissection book (we used Clemente's, not Grey's, since it lent itself better to doing the actual dissection and preparation of cadavers for others to learn from, which was the whole point of the class)- it still has stains on it and smells like formalin.  I just look at it and think how much I used to know!!

Rae: April Reading

OK, folks...this one's an easy one. April will be the month to support your local library. Go to the library and select at least one fiction and one non-fiction title of your choice. Read them. Report back. Have fun.

Happy Spring!

Happy reading!

Lynness- March read

    March is Marching by in quick time... between the four of us, we've got 6 doctor/dentist/midwife appointments this month (...so far...).  3 of them were today.  (Ultrasound for me-girl!!, sick visit for Isaiah-strep throat, and dentist for Nathan).  That was entirely unintentional, but at least they're over with.  So I finally got around to looking at the March assignment yesterday and thought that the subject was pretty broad and that I could easily find something on my bookshelf I hadn't read.  I picked The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.  I've seen a few minutes of a movie version (come to think of it, that would've worked well for last month- and I will probably watch it after I read it, if I can find the movie) and know the very basics of the story, but that's all.  I think I'll like it and it shouldn't take too long.
    On the subject of reading- Isaiah found my old copy of The Boxcar Children at my mom's this past weekend and read it.  I reserved the next 2 at the library and Nathan and the kids picked it up last night and he's already done with one.  I thought that might be a series Autumn or Reed might be interested in reading- with parents or without.