hi all!
i finished reading "time was soft there" last sunday night and that was an awesome book! i really enjoyed reading about the author's experience working at shakespeare & comapny. when i went to this bookstore last fall, i had no idea that it was like until the author talked about it. i must have overlooked several things and one of them was the folding beds. there were authors, poets, etc. that stayed there for a limited time because they could not afford a place in paris. they needed a place to write and it was the perfect place!
anyway, for my next reading, i had several titles that i wanted to read but wasn't sure which one to choose from. hmm? until holly mentioned that she just bought "my life in france" by julia child and i thought it was the perfect choice for me so she and i could talk about it!! thanks holly! :) i just downloaded the book to my kindle last night. i started reading it last night at starbucks while enjoying my chai tea latte and it made me miss paris so much! i was able to recognize some places because i had visited them. the way julia described the french food at the restaurants she and her husband, paul went, it made me so hungry while reading! i just finished chapter one last night and am very excited to read chapter two, hopefully tonight if i'm awake enough, lol! one of the neat features with kindle is you can highlight a word or a sentence or even a paragraph. with chapter one, i already highlighted 14 different items because it was for the two reasons: my favorite parts of the book and i wanted to check them out online. one of my favorite parts is:
As we sat down, i heard two businessmen in gray suits at the next table asking questions of their waiter, an older, dignified man who gesticulated with a menu and answered them at length.
"what are they talking about?" I whispered to Paul.
"The waiter is telling them about chicken they ordered," he whispered back. "How it was raised, how it will be cooked, what side dishes they can have with it, and which wines would go with it best."
"Wine?" I said. "At lunch?"
oh my!! i laughed at this part! but this was when they were in paris in 1948 so i guess not a lot of people knew this about french people? anyway, that's it for now-bon appetit!*
*at the end of the introduction part of her book, julia child said this so i'm doing the same thing, heh!
i finished reading "time was soft there" last sunday night and that was an awesome book! i really enjoyed reading about the author's experience working at shakespeare & comapny. when i went to this bookstore last fall, i had no idea that it was like until the author talked about it. i must have overlooked several things and one of them was the folding beds. there were authors, poets, etc. that stayed there for a limited time because they could not afford a place in paris. they needed a place to write and it was the perfect place!
anyway, for my next reading, i had several titles that i wanted to read but wasn't sure which one to choose from. hmm? until holly mentioned that she just bought "my life in france" by julia child and i thought it was the perfect choice for me so she and i could talk about it!! thanks holly! :) i just downloaded the book to my kindle last night. i started reading it last night at starbucks while enjoying my chai tea latte and it made me miss paris so much! i was able to recognize some places because i had visited them. the way julia described the french food at the restaurants she and her husband, paul went, it made me so hungry while reading! i just finished chapter one last night and am very excited to read chapter two, hopefully tonight if i'm awake enough, lol! one of the neat features with kindle is you can highlight a word or a sentence or even a paragraph. with chapter one, i already highlighted 14 different items because it was for the two reasons: my favorite parts of the book and i wanted to check them out online. one of my favorite parts is:
As we sat down, i heard two businessmen in gray suits at the next table asking questions of their waiter, an older, dignified man who gesticulated with a menu and answered them at length.
"what are they talking about?" I whispered to Paul.
"The waiter is telling them about chicken they ordered," he whispered back. "How it was raised, how it will be cooked, what side dishes they can have with it, and which wines would go with it best."
"Wine?" I said. "At lunch?"
oh my!! i laughed at this part! but this was when they were in paris in 1948 so i guess not a lot of people knew this about french people? anyway, that's it for now-bon appetit!*
*at the end of the introduction part of her book, julia child said this so i'm doing the same thing, heh!
How are you enjoying your Kindle and Julia's book so far?? I would love having a Kindle! While I read this book, the movie, "Julia and Julie" plays in my head as I remember details about Julia's life in France. My aunt and cousins went to Paris for 3 weeks last summer to celebrate my cousin's high school graduation and their pictures were so much fun to look at!! They stayed in a cute, tiny apartment instead of hotel...there were concrete walls, floors, wooden shuttle covering arch shaped windows, and colorful artwork on the walls. They said they ate a lot of cheese, artisan bread, fruit, and drunk a variety of wine. I was like wow...it would be a dream for me to visit Europe and experience their culture when it comes to food, drink, traditions, and lifestyle. :-) Keep me posted how you're enjoying this book so far.
ReplyDelete*excuse my error...I meant wooden shutters covering the windows...not shuttle.*
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