Tuesday, December 4, 2007

While we are waiting . . .


So while we are waiting for everyone to be in a position to comment on the German occupation of Paris - and France - I have been reading this book:We were in the Burbank airport and I noticed it at one of the many book stalls there - decided I would order it from Amazon - which I did at Phoebe's.

My book group chose to read GWTW for January - and so I dug out Scarlett too - and have been thoroughly enjoying transporting myself back in time in these very historical - but very readable - novels about the ante bellum South.

I need to visit the South some time - I have read about it so often - I really need to see it.

I have loved GWTW for lo these many years - and maybe because I have read it so often, I love the fact that Margaret Mitchell's estate has commissioned sequels to the book. I'm sure they are in it for the money, and they are not great art - or even great literature - but the original has "stood the test of time" and that is good enough for me.

Besides, I enjoy curling up with a book that transports me!!