So when I added Margaret Drabble's The Sea Lady to my list of completed books last night and noticed Rebecca West's The Fountain Overflows burbling underneath, I thought an actual water cycle might make for some interesting reading. A quick scan of my shelves detected a veritable reservoir of books for quenching that thirst.
Gap Creek? Platte River? Buddenbrooks?
Should I finally get around to The Waves or The Falls? What about Three Men in a Boat or In the Wake?
Sandra would no doubt suggest I read The Thames next, but I might as well wade into the pool I already have instead of logjamming my reading until the Ackroyd's U.S. publication date.
Well, I suppose I could reread Ferris Beach or On the Beach or even The Sea, The Sea.
Or would that be going as overboard as my husband, who actually wished this morning for a hurricane to end the drought we're having?
At the moment I've settled on Lawrence's The Rainbow, but I'm finding it a little dry.
I obviously need some Water Wings.
DeBlieu, Jan.
ReplyDeleteWind : how the flow of air has shaped life, myth, and the land / Jan DeBlieu.
Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Oh, cool: an Outer Banks book. Thanks, zhoen!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of a water challenge. How about the four elements?
ReplyDeleteIt love it when I discover unintentional patterns in my reading. Lately, I've found myself reading "frosty" material (novels/essays set in or around Antarctica). Early subconscious preparation for winter perhaps.
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