Re: what are you reading?

You may enjoy "Lying Awake" by Mark Salzman.  The audiotape is especially
good since it includes an interview with the author and informational
background.  The story is about a woman in the contemplative life who has
visions...can't say much more or I'll spoil it.  The author did
considerable research for the details.

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 12/04/2003 3:47:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?
>
> Reading is something so basic to my life that I fear for my sanity
> should I ever lose my sight...it seems to me that no one ever had to
> really show me how to read...I distinctly remember picking up the Dick
> and Jane books in first grade and somehow what was on those pages just
> made sense to me...one of the truly memorable moments of my life was
> getting my first library card at the public library a few weeks later. I
> will never forget the intense feeling of awe and sheer joy that card
> gave me...literally a passport out of the hell my childhood was into as
> many worlds of magic as I could read...by middle of first grade I had
> been moved into the third grade reading classes, by the time I hit 7th
> grade they no longer had enough for me to read and so put me in an
> independent study program...it was great since it meant I had access to
> any book in the public library system I wanted to read. Finished most of
> the "classics" long before I hit high school...so it seems strange to me
> that these days most of my reading consists of the trashiest romance
> novels I can find...the more lurid sex the better! :-) But truth be
> told, I'll read just about anything I can lay my hands on...I love
> murder mysteries, anything to do with serial killers, science fiction,
> romance, classics, etc...I guess I'm just an indiscriminate reader. A
> couple of years ago, one of our local thrift stores went out of business
> and the owner gave away all of the paperbacks in the store...in one
> hour, I carried out over 500 romance novels...took me less than a year
> and a half to read them all...truly wish I'd had time to make a second
> stop before she closed her store for good. Right now I'm reading Thomas
> Gifford's The Assassini, a murder mystery that concerns the Catholic
> Church.
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Wed 12/03, Judy L Browning < judybrowning@lewiston.com > wrote:
> From: Judy L Browning [mailto: judybrowning@lewiston.com]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:49:57 -0800
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?
>
> Gene, we must be related somehow.<br>In 3rd grade, my desk was right
> next to the "library", four short shelves of<br>books. While the teacher
> was diverted by classmates, I read them all, at the<br>expense of basic
> math skills. I never could stand to stay on the page when<br>we read
> aloud.<br>Judy B<br>z6 Idaho, 40s & rainy this week.<br><br>-----
> Original Message -----<br>From: "Gene Bush"
> <genebush@otherside.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
> Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:49 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you
> reading?<br><br><br>> Judy,<br>> A single book by Burroughs was in a box
> of books given to my parents<br>> when I was a pre teen. Very much a
> mix... Arabian nights, Bullfinch<br>> mythology, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew,
> Verne, De Maupassant. It was like dying<br>> and going to heaven. Took
> the box and stayed hidden all summer reading it<br>> all. The Tarzan
> book was one of a series and I remember being very<br>> disappointed at
> the time over the "to be continued". And this summer I got<br>> to
> thinking about it once more. Finally began looking and the Science<br>>
> Fiction Book of the Month club had the three in the services in one
> book<br>> reprinted this past month. I took it as a "sign" and ordered a
> copy.<br>> A bit later when I went to a boy's home there was a library
> just up<br>the<br>> hall from me..... cool. Our very own library and
> study hall.<br>> Gene E. Bush<br>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc<br>>
> www.munchkinnursery.com<br>> genebush@munchkinnursery.com<br>> Zone 6/5
> Southern Indiana<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>><br>> > I
> can't remember if I read Burroughs or Verne first. I was introduced
> to<br>> > both by the bookmobile that dropped by the school every 2
> weeks. Tthe<br>four<br>> > books allowed were read & reread long before
> it was due again. Oh, the<br>> > anticipation. The best thing was it
> always had a different selection of<br>> > books.<br>><br>>
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