Books for May, 2004

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin.

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin.

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin. These were all first time reads. I know, I know, this is a tad embarrassing. But I've read 'em now. As I said, I found myself unreasonably irked that she covered themes in them, esp. the third, that I want to cover in the ice palace book. Yes, this a totally irrational reaction. Ursula K. LeGuin does not have dibs on the them of escape-from-death, no matter how well she does it.

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. This was a book that minnehaha B gave to me, and it was a very simple quick read, but had several key ideas that I like quite well and have already started applying to my life and relationships. Rob had someone independently recommend it to him this month, too, so he is reading it now.

Am still working my way through A.S. Byatt's Possession, so that will start the list next month. This is very short, but that's because, you know, I've been cleaning.

I haven't been posting much lately

because I am still cleaning. I spent the last two days in my office, playing Return of the King on my laptop as I filed old paperwork and worked on Quicken. Gah, I've let it all go for too long.

I still always cry at the charge of the Eorlingas, and this time through I cried at three or four other points: Arwen seeing her son, the death of Theoden, Frodo and Sam on the slopes of Mount Doom, and the Grey Havens.

We have our tickets to see the next Harry Potter movie for Friday night.