North end of Upper Arrow Lakes, B.C.I'm catching up on all the reading I missed out on during my recent non-reading spell. Most of the rust is flaking off my inner reading machinery and I'm finding I'm getting through books faster than I have in quite some time. I don't know that I'll get back to my heyday of 400-500 words a minute, but I'm happy with whatever speed I can muster and still enjoy the beauty of the words as they are collected together to form the story.
I loved the feeling this passage spoken by Lord Henry in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, ( Penguin Classics 2009) evoked:
"Play me a nocturne, Dorian, and, as you play, tell me, in a low voice, how you have kept your youth. You must have some secret."
"Play me a nocturne, Dorian, and, as you play, tell me, in a low voice, how you have kept your youth. You must have some secret."
And here's my contribution to the cause from The Legend of Shallal:
"He needed a time of rest, a way to be off the planet for at least a season. He ached to bathe in the icy waters of his homeworld and drift along its jagged shores under a waxing double moon."
Thanks for reading me.
For more or to get in on the fun please check in with the Women of Mystery.
"He needed a time of rest, a way to be off the planet for at least a season. He ached to bathe in the icy waters of his homeworld and drift along its jagged shores under a waxing double moon."
Thanks for reading me.
For more or to get in on the fun please check in with the Women of Mystery.
12 comments:
I swear, I am more and more anxious to read "the Legend of Shallal". Really.
You're always an interesting read, Leah. Today you're showing a bit of your Wilde side.
df Bag Lady, thanks. You'll get your chance.
Hilary, nice one.
I'm missing being a part of the Twofers and will try and get something together soon. The pic the Upper Arrow Lakes is so picturesque and "jagged shores under a waxing double moon" is wonderfully descriptive.
Oh, beautifully described. Also love the photo of the lake and the new header.
David, thanks so much for your kind words.
Thanks, Reb. Mike took the pic of the wild turkeys just outside Creston.
I'm in reading more lately, too. Love the quotes from the books. You always have something worthwhile to say!
Nancy, thanks so much.
Love your new header! (that wasn't there early yesterday morning, was it?)
Thanks, dfBag Lady. I put it up in the afternoon yesterday.
I too am coming off a non-reading spell (I blame blogging) and it's such a joy to immerse myself in a novel!
Crabby, reading is the best.
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