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Speaking of children's books..... I was blindsided by one today. The Red Tree by Shaun Tan. The artwork I have found, on the www, is stunning! I have to find a copy tomorrow when I go into town...
I haven't seen The Red Tree, tulegirl, but I have seen Tan's book, The Arrival. It is done completely with beautiful pictures, no words at all. Is The Red Tree done the same way?
I'll have to look for it. I am always trying to add new, wonderful books to my grandchildren's libraries here in GA, and then I ask them to take their favorites home with them when they leave for their own homes up north. I think it is more fun for me than it is for them.
Apparently there is text with The Red Tree... I hope to find out tomorrow. I'll be camped out on the bookstore's front step.
The Arrival is newer... 2006 He has 5 total, listed on Wiki. I will be going crazy tomorrow if they have them all. My poor book budget shot so quickly.... never knew what hit it.
That happened to my budget last month! I have been cooking so many hot dogs and hamburgers for my family that they will probably enter me in that "Wife-swap" show!!
Report back about the books. I can't get to the store until Friday and now I am really curious.
I found it readable. Caroline Blackwood can write. I feel like running out and hugging all of my relatives. If that book is even remotely TRUELY biographical, I weep for their descendants. In fact there were a few times that I felt a lump forming in my throat at the horror that these people endured.
I think I LOLed 4 times. The people ("critics") who state this work as "wickedly funny" are on something I cannot afford.
I am reading, reading, reading. This is the title I found at SAM's at a cheap price, but got it home and realized I had a large print edition. That has taken some getting used to, as I don't wear glasses to read.
I am enjoying Suite Francaise, and like the structure of the work.
I found it readable. Caroline Blackwood can write. I feel like running out and hugging all of my relatives. If that book is even remotely TRUELY biographical, I weep for their descendants. In fact there were a few times that I felt a lump forming in my throat at the horror that these people endured.
I think I LOLed 4 times. The people ("critics") who state this work as "wickedly funny" are on something I cannot afford.
I definitely want to read that book, tulegirl. You are the second person I have heard that from in the last month or so! Thanks for the run-down.
I am reading, reading, reading. This is the title I found at SAM's at a cheap price, but got it home and realized I had a large print edition. That has taken some getting used to, as I don't wear glasses to read.
I am enjoying Suite Francaise, and like the structure of the work.
Yes, thank you, ontheroad, for the reminder. I am reading Suite Francaise
every free second that I can manage and it goes with me everywhere.
I wasn't too sure that I was going to like it for the first 15 or so chapters, but I am really starting to enjoy it myself. Which is a wonderful thing, since I told BlueWillowPlate that I would assist her with leading!!
I once in a while find that if I persist with a book that I am not particularly into, I more often than not do enjoy reading it. Each one is an experience, whether it be good or bad.
No problem with The Wall. I am so glad that katzenfreund recommended it to us. Thank you, katz. It is very different and so intriquing. I will hate to finish it.
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I think it is more fun for me than it is for them.
