What are you reading now?

[Sorrano]

You might notice a slight trembling in my writing because I am ploughing through a huge volume of Irish Ghost stories, mostly from the 19th century.

I love ghost stories! Generally, I will have several volumes on hand with actual accounts, as well as fictionalized. Just don't mind that odd shadow behind you....

[Bonn1827]

Wasn't it Byron who said:

"Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after". (Don Juan)

Yuk factor with the half sister thingy, though.

[Megan]

Lord Byron

One of my favourite poets is Lord Byron, and most conveniently, a bookshop near be decided to have a sale, and guess what I found. A book on Byron ! Partly his poetry , but mostly to do with the rivalry of the two women he left behind, his society wife Annabella Milbanke, and his half sister, Augusta , both of whom bore him daughters.

The book is called, The kindness of Sisters

[Michael]

You might notice a slight trembling in my writing because I am ploughing through a huge volume of Irish Ghost stories, mostly from the 19th century.

[Joy]

Sorry Joy, but on first sight I thought your book on Dinosaurs was actually about politics!

Ha! Ha!

[Bonn1827]

Sorry Joy, but on first sight I thought your book on Dinosaurs was actually about politics!

[Joy]

Since the last thread on this topic has reached the dizzying heights of 5 pages I've started a new literary corner!

I'm still reading the biography of that amazing lady Alice Sommer-Herz who along with her son the cellist Raphael Sommer survived Theresienstadt. Can you believe that under such terrible conditions she used to give concerts that included all the Chopin etudes at a single recital? Apparently even Rubinstein backed off from that feat even under normal circumstances! She is still alive today at the age of 107 living in London. Truly a remarkable and inspiring person.

Watch her BBC radio interview on youtube given when she was 103!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF4M6...eature=related

Amazing is right!

[Joy]

This book has nothing to do with music but I'm reading the 'Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs'. It's a fascinating book with some wonderful illustrations and since I have always been interested in paleontology it has been a great read.

[Peter]

Since the last thread on this topic has reached the dizzying heights of 5 pages I've started a new literary corner!

I'm still reading the biography of that amazing lady Alice Sommer-Herz who along with her son the cellist Raphael Sommer survived Theresienstadt. Can you believe that under such terrible conditions she used to give concerts that included all the Chopin etudes at a single recital? Apparently even Rubinstein backed off from that feat even under normal circumstances! She is still alive today at the age of 107 living in London. Truly a remarkable and inspiring person.

Watch her BBC radio interview on youtube given when she was 103!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF4M6...eature=related