@PolkaDot
You're welcome for the laugh(s).
With a post of that length, I was in that superposition zone of "possibly amusing" and "possibly tedious."
The environment in which you consumed Dune was ideal. (There's absolutely no reason to get all crazy and read it in Joshua Tree, CA.)
I can almost see you as heat shimmered memory: lazing about like a rogue Bene Gesserit (speaking of naked nuns and their reading habits) - reclining on an appropriate sandy surface, to be sure - but also present, just over there, in that direction, the juxtaposition of an eternity of water!
That alien azure horizon is a destination desirous enough to make a sandworm Itself fold space to become witness, replete with a reeeeeeally big orange beach towel of course, that says THE SPICE MUST FLOW OR BUST in seventy foot tall crimson letters.
I am confident I will enjoy The Pillars of the Earth.
No one in the Lodge has led me astray thus far.
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Possibly amusing, at least to one's self, is an aspirational goal I can appreciate. Go with "absolutely amusing" whenever the opportunity presents itself.
I must say, there are not a TON of reasons to go to California and Joshua Tree does NOT rank in the upper tiers. If i were a nun lounging or otherwise, i may skip the habit but I always keep a very large hat on hand. It's a rather dramatic look, but I pull it off. Sandworms be damned.
I can't wait to hear the report in the Autumn of your thoughts of
Pillars.
I'm reading three books at the moment but don't feel an attachment to either of the first two.
This was a gift, and it's okay but is very much a love story. ehh..perhaps I am not the romantic people seem to think I am.
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loginThis one is terribly dry but interesting. It's a lot of torture to take in one fell swoop though.
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loginThe third is a Jenny Lawson book. I love her. She absolutely cracks me up, but can also be profoundly sad. I would absolutely recommend her first book if you want to dip a toe in. Again, I have to break her up with other reads..alas...three books....
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