It's a rainy morning along the Surrey/Hants border today, though it looks to clear up by noon. Meanwhile, I've added a new little section to the blog. Book Journal. Here I will keep a running list of books we've read (Mrs. TeamKing actually). Some of these will be new books and some will be books of various mystery series I'm reading which may not be recognizable to many. Not a lot of non-fiction will be listed. The books may also be ebooks or audio as well. I don't think I'll list that as it doesn't matter, but if you enjoy these forms of reading, let me know. There also won't be any sort of review unless the book was so outstanding I can't help but recommend it.
I'd love to hear your feedback if you see a book listed you read. I enjoy getting recommendations - especially on series books - and just hearing your opinion if you liked or disliked something I've listed.
For the first book on list 'Shakespeare' by Bill Bryson, I do have to add that Bryson is a wonderfully entertaining writer. (If you've never read any of his books, I absolutely recommend them. His humor just cracks me up.)
Some interesting notes from the book. . .
Shakespeare coined/made the first recorded use of 2035 words. Can you imagine?! To create a word that all of the English-speaking world would accept and use, just one, would be incredible for anybody. But to create the quantity he did, wow.
Also, Shakespeare had 2 daughters with Anne Hathaway. But his daughters children all died without children so there lies the end of his line.
Finally, I love how Bryson tackles the nay-sayers who are convinced that William Shakespeare did not write any of his works. The level of secrecy and work required to pull off such a hoax that was so convincing that nearly everyone in that time and for hundreds of years afterward had no doubt stands as what would have to be one of the biggest hoaxes ever. And for what gain?
Yeah, he wrote them.
I got notification today on a hitchhiker of mine. I hadn't heard from it in so long, I almost fell off my chair to see that it was still alive. It was my Traveling Dachshund HH in honor of the 4 dachshunds I had at the time. (One ended up going to a new home and the other 3 have since died.) :(
We had a Wellington day today.
At the last geocache event I was at (in Houston), I was lucky enough to receive some pathtags. If you've never heard of these, they are a small round trading item. Sort of like exchanging signature stamps in letterboxing. Although these will cost you to get some - but they are cheaper than getting your own coin minted.
In the recent issue of local magazine 'Surrey Life', they had an interesting article on the top 50 celebrities who live in the county of Surrey. Now, of course, Surrey lies just next to London, so it is obviously going to be home to the various entertainers and sports figures who need to get into London on a regular basis. Regardless, it was fun to see who lives here. I eliminated a lot of people who only UKers would know, i.e. local broadcasters and such. But here's who you might know:
It's a rainy morning along the Surrey/Hants border today, though it looks to clear up by noon. Meanwhile, I've added a new little section to the blog. Book Journal. Here I will keep a running list of books we've read (Mrs. TeamKing actually). Some of these will be new books and some will be books of various mystery series I'm reading which may not be recognizable to many. Not a lot of non-fiction will be listed. The books may also be ebooks or audio as well. I don't think I'll list that as it doesn't matter, but if you enjoy these forms of reading, let me know. There also won't be any sort of review unless the book was so outstanding I can't help but recommend it.
I took a day trip to Dartmoor today to meet the Moor Tor-ists from the US. What a wonderful group! We spent the day walking out to Ducks Pool with our local 'tour guides', Spannerman and his wife. We nominated Butterfly to be the first to open up the box. Then when we came back we went into Princetown to re-group with everyone. Thanks Mark Pepe for inviting me!
