A game of Tag

My friend Crys tagged me and I thought this was kind of fun. I tag anyone who reads and posts on this blog.

Simply grab the nearest book and flip to page 123. Then tell us the fifth sentence on the page.

I suppose I kind of cheated for this tag because the closest book to me was actually Quanti Colori--yet another Italian book, we're on a roll today--which only has about eight pages so I had to go further to get my book.

Here's mine:

Sempre ci pensavano, e chiedevo anche all'Emilia, ma non si poteva capire come fossero accoppiati.

That's from La luna e i falò and it means I always thought about it, and also asked Emilia, but one just couldn't understand how they got together.

I have no idea what context it is in since I haven't read the story. It's one of Andrew's Italian textbooks so it's probably some tragic romance novel, in true European fashion. Honestly, I am surprized at some of the stuff he tells me that come from his Italian textbooks...

I really liked Book of a Thousand Days

Jane Austen

Hi everyone! I know it's been a zillion years since I've posted anything on this blog. Sorry! I've been busy with a couple of big reading projects. I just finished reading Jane Austen's collected works. I love reading her works! I'm fascinated by the time period and I always enjoy her witty and sometimes sarcastic social commentary. I truly love some of her stories. My favorite is Persuasion, followed by Pride and Prejudice and then Emma. I don't love all of her books as well as those three, and I think the difference is whether or not I respect and identify with the main character. What's your favorite Austen work and why?

Also...thanks Nancy for recommending Ella Enchanted! I just finished it (as well as Fairest, also by Gail Levine Carson) and loved it. It's probably the best fairy tale remake I've ever read. Fairest was fine, but it had a lot to live up to after finishing Ella Enchanted. I still found it to be extremely creative and very well written. Has anyone else read Fairest?