I just finished reading The Image Makers<\/u>, by Bernard Dryer. I posted a review on my website, but I am gonna try to make a habit of posting them here as well. so here it is:
I guess the only reason I read this book was ’cause it was on my bookshelf and I hadn’t read it yet. I’m not quite sure where I got it or when, but it’s at least 40 years old, and definately not the kind of book I’d usually read, according to the cover there was a movie made of it too. Anyway, it was a story mostly about an American doctor and a rich sub Arab (Berber) beauty, and it takes place in the 1950’s, just a few years after the second world war. Their story of love, money,death, and politics takes the reader through a very interesting world that few of us have access too. I am not quite sure I liked it, but I can admire the interesting forwards and backwards in time in which it was written. The author would show a scene, then the character remembering, say, the past week’s events, and then tell it through memories until it got back to that first scene. If you get what I mean.. It is potentially a very confusing way to write a book, but the author did a very good job of putting it together so that you barely notice. I guess if you are into more “real life” .. and\/or a glimpse into the world of the beautiful and rich europeans\/arabs of that time, with a bit of romance and self discovery then this is the book for you… as for me, I am wandering back to fantasy\/scifi land.
I am gonna try to find a new book to read *searches her bookshelf* Hmm… I have read most of these! Ah…Tales From Watership Down, I read Watership Down centuries ago (hehe) and never got around to reading this one. Hmmm well since I have it I guess I’ll give it a shot, should be a nice rest before tackling David Eddings 5 book series I still have on my shelf, hehe (ok, so 4 of the 5 books.. where is #4?). Yeah… I will read this, short and easy, hehe, and cute! %)
We had yummie swordfish for dinner tonight –<>< <-- a swordfish. It was sooo yummie, and we had cheese too, gouda and some wendsleydale (like wallace and gromit eat!!). It was all really yummie. Anyway... that's prolly all for today %)
*Wanders off to read*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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