Categories: reading
Date: 30 June 2006 02:18:05
It's been a chilly week: each morning I have walked outside and across to the railway station in sub-zero(*) temperatures. The sun is just rising as I walk outside, and I am wrapped up quite well: a big thank you to the reader who knitted me a scarf: it has come in very handy.
It is a very pleasant experience to get on the train and feel the warmth within: the heating on the regional trains is quite good -- unlike the suburban ones which often seem to be set at either 0C or 40C! Today as we travelled in, I looked out and saw fog stretched across the fields; earlier in the week the fields appeared white with frost. It is quite an enjoyable and relaxing way to travel to work: the occasional glance up from my Prayer Book or a book I'm reading at the moment to take in the view outside.
Mimi blogged recently on books, and I have found myself reading a great deal more since I moved down here and have started catching the train to work. I love reading, love it: especially before bed. And I read almost any topic. Hence I am very much looking forward to this year's WISE exchange.
Wanting more books, I signed up at local library: it's been a while since I've been a regular library user, and I am getting back into the swing of it and realising how much I missed it -- and it is far cheaper than having to buy all the books and there is a vast number to choose from!
Two weeks ago I borrowed Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and have almost finished it: I'm finding it a very enjoyable book and, while fiction, it has caused me a bit more to ponder on Christ's earthly life and his humanity. On the advice of some Australian shipmates, I also gave Terry Pratchett a go with Carpe Jugulum: and loved it. A great mix of rip-roaring action, a very enjoyable storyline and great doses of, at times laugh-out-loud, humour. I'll be borrowing another of his books tomorrow when I go back to the library.
And who knows what other books I'll come back with? I can, both in libraries and bookstores, spend hours pouring over the books there and deciding which ones to take, and enjoying the discovery of new and unknown authors and titles. And I love every minute of it.
(*)Celcius: sub-32F for our friends still using Fahrenheit