New Arrivals.
I am delighted to announce three new arrivals (of books!) at the Hodmandod home: Catching Fire: how cooking made us human by Richard Wrangham which Nigella Lawson says is 'Absolutely fascinating' and just reading through the blurb think I am likely to agree;
Howards End is on the Landing: a year of reading from home by Susan Hill which I have looked inside already and had to close it again very quickly because it was obviously dangerously engrossing and I have other things I must do today;
and finally, just in the nick of time The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, whose reading performance I am going to go to this afternoon.
It looks like I might be going on several very long train journeys when I am in China, one of which will take 40 hours, so I shall need to pack a little something to read.
Howards End is on the Landing: a year of reading from home by Susan Hill which I have looked inside already and had to close it again very quickly because it was obviously dangerously engrossing and I have other things I must do today;
and finally, just in the nick of time The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, whose reading performance I am going to go to this afternoon.
It looks like I might be going on several very long train journeys when I am in China, one of which will take 40 hours, so I shall need to pack a little something to read.
posted by Clare Dudman at 12:14 pm
12 Comments:
FORTY HOURS! Seriously, maybe it's time to get a Kindle.
Also, I love the monkey cover.
I am intending to take my laptop (well at the moment I am) so I can keep blogging and tweeting and downloading my photos - so... actually you've made me realise that I probably won't need any books at all. I could download ebooks! Thanks Debra.
And I agree about the monkey cover.
Debra got there first - 40 hours might persuade me to buy an e-reader. (Not a kindle though as you can't get those yet in the UK - but there are an increasing number of options. Watch out for the DRM issue though (digital rights management) - ie what you can download on what make of reader).
40 hour train journey left in peace to read - what bliss. Just so long as it isn't on a commuter route and you have to stand (joke! I hope). Or, if you were going to India, hang on the outside.
I think I read somewhere that the Kindle will be coming out in England reasonably soon. Haven't investigated, though.
Yes, think I might look into this, Maxine. The journey is in China and so I think there will be much to distract me through the window - and since I'll be a 'soft sleeper' cabin it might possibly be very peaceful. A kind of hermitage on the move as long as I don't have to share.
Yes, I've heard that too, Debra - nothing definite yet, though.
I hope you get this:
http://www.seat61.com/China.htm
You get to see Margaret Atwood? I'm soooooo jealous!
Thanks CFR! Excellent link!
Yes Mary - up close! She read a little from her new book with a few others. Sounded good.
It's all sounding and looking great! Lucky you.
Great that you got to see Margaret Atwood! In terms of train rides, at least you aren't taking the Trans-Siberian Railway to China. I think that would take at least 10 days from northern England, with transfers in London, Brussels, Berlin and Moscow.
Thanks Kay!
I would love to do that train ride - I was just looking at it the other day. But I think the one I would love to do more is the TransMongolia one - now that looks really amazing!
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