New Book List to Start the Week

Nephew Brent showed a new list of books of interest on his blog and that started me off on a list that is completely different than what I was going to do today...

It is the first day of spring so I will do more than make yet another list but first things first, right?

I had a massive list at my bedside table listed on the right of the post but it got right out of hand so I am starting over again. 

Two books are at my bedside right now, well, one is actually at my desk because it requires sitting up to read but:

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother by William Shawcross has excellent detail and is a long-time subject of interest.  Please ignore the silly "look inside" I could not get rid of:


Revelation of Jesus Christ by Ranko Stefanovic is the desk book because there are notes to write in my Bible, etc. etc.:


Another book close by that will go with me to Paris because of its size and portability, is Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.  Some years ago now I read this book but it is one I want another go at.  We recently watched the movie, "The Duchess", which made me want to read it again:


Another book I have on order, recomended by my sister, was the newest bio on Bonhoeffer:


And at the same time I ordered that I ordered a few more children's books that I got started on at the gift shop of the govenor's mansion in Sacramento, CA.  The illustrations are fabulous and even though they are old-time stories they are old-time treasures:


So there is a brief list of my books of interest at the moment; some for fun, some for learning, some for inspiration. 

There has been a change of plans for the day.  I started out thinking I was going to be fertilizing and pruning and weeding but here I am on the ferry headed into town to buy my first Apple computer.  Now, will it be an ipad or a MacAir?  That is the question.

Tell me, what are your plans for this first day of spring? 

Comments

  1. Cool! Thanks for the link to my blog. Here's my post discussing books I found.

    Good luck on the iPad vs. MacAir decision. If you're going to write with it, I recommend the Air. Otherwise, the iPad is a lot of fun. You probably should just get both... ;-)

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  2. Can't wait to see your new computer, Ma. I will try and understand that you rejected the iPad... sigh. I am sure you'll have fun, no doubt.

    My book list is in such disarray, it's pathetic. I need to do a spring cleaning of, oh, just about everything right now. But books definitely need a reorg! Happy reading. I might check out that Bonhoeffer one...

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