Threads 4 Thought dress, Off Fifth
yellow glass pendant, gift
I intended to wear this dress with a belt, but changed my mind because I thought it clashed with the pendant. As much as I enjoy the waist definition from a belt, nothing feels breezier than wearing an easy-fitting dress.
I finished listening to an audiobook of C.S. Lewis' "The Last Battle" the other day, and my first reaction upon turning it off was: "bleh." I can't remember whether I ever read the entire series as a kid -- I'm pretty sure I did, but none of the plot sounded familiar. I did find some of the ideas he raised interesting, but didn't like his handling of certain characters. I'd like to do a little reading on the religious aspects of the Narnia books - I think it might soothe some of my dissatisfactions with the series, or at least cast them in a different light. I also realized that Lewis' world-building skills can't compare with other authors such as Neil Gaiman or Tolkien. Then again, Lewis may not have focused most of his energies on creating a captivating world, but rather on explicating his religious ideas.
It's always interesting to revisit something I read and enjoyed in childhood. I had many fond memories of reading Elizabeth Enright's books as a child, and eagerly borrowed one of them in adulthood. Two pages in, I was stopped short by a racist comment about the Japanese. The book went straight back to the library. On the other hand, one book that has held up wonderfully is Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising." It draws on some great mythology - one of my childhood obsessions - and poignantly captures how a boy grows up when he learns the extraordinary role he must play in the battle against the Dark.
It's always interesting to revisit something I read and enjoyed in childhood. I had many fond memories of reading Elizabeth Enright's books as a child, and eagerly borrowed one of them in adulthood. Two pages in, I was stopped short by a racist comment about the Japanese. The book went straight back to the library. On the other hand, one book that has held up wonderfully is Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising." It draws on some great mythology - one of my childhood obsessions - and poignantly captures how a boy grows up when he learns the extraordinary role he must play in the battle against the Dark.
