I usually have several books going at a time, aside from audiobooks, and this week it's Tidelands, which is slow but inexorable, and very good, and
This is the "classic affluent unqualified lady gets to be a publisher almost by accident", the story of the haphazard boy's clubby upper class world of English publishing.
Except that she found she was a great editor, as her stable of writers attest. And this, I've just started it, is nonfiction about her life ss sn editor who turns out also to be an engaging writer.
Then I just downloaded
On being alerted of its existence by Steve.
So between knitting and studying my Arabic, I'll be reading. Also enjoying soup.
This turned out to be celery, broccoli, spinach and yellow potato. Green powerhouse.
Today's art is Islamic illustration and miniature painting
Speaking of things Arabic, I was looking yesterday at pictures of young East End of London school children yesterday.
I found that when one, in the little bio each eight year old child gave, mentioned her sister, I could have written her name. This is exactly why I'm learning this stuff, just to enlarge my ability.
Got to go, Arabic lesson calls.
Happy day everyone, learn something, it's always fun. Or don't, on the grounds, as Bertie Wooster would say, that you're full up!
