The Sunday Salon: January 18 (1-18-2009)
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I am getting way in over my head with the number of books I am currently reading. I think the unofficial tally is now seven. Granted, two are my ‘Barnes & Noble’ books: Medicus by Ruth Downie and The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson. My ‘Barnes & Noble’ books I don’t own and instead use as an excuse to get out of the head, go to a book store, have a coffee and read. I can usually fit one or two days a week aside to do this for a few hours, which gives me a few chapters in one of the two. Whichever one I find first is the one I open. And yes, I even have a small notepad in my purse where I jot down the page I left off on in case I forget. After all, I can’t put a bookmark in and return to it at a later date. I am at chapter 30 of Medicus and only around chapter 7 of The Last Wife because every book store is always out of it.
My problem is that I have a habit of starting another book before finishing some of the others. It has become quite a test of my memory to stay on track with all of the various plots and characters I am encountering. I have to ask myself things like, “Was it Russo the Roman doctor who said this or Sookie the telepathic waitress?” Years of reading for school has birthed in me an insatiable craving to read as many ‘pleasure’ books as possible. I just can’t but consume them without regard to sequence.
Dead to the World I couldn’t help start because I am full on Eric addicted and not at all ashamed to admit it. I am reading A Rumor of War very slowly because it’s my right before bed book and I a read a bit of it before turning out the lights. The Vampire Queen’s Servant and The Other Boleyn Girl are two books I read the occasional one or two chapters from a day. I have an interesting mix of fiction and nonfiction with books about vampires, English royalty, erotic pirates, BDSM, and Roman doctors in Britain.
Fortunately for me, I am about done with two of them and halfway through a third. I think that once I stop those three, I won’t pick up another one and will instead attempt to finish the rest of the ‘currently’ reading pile. I need to start cleaning out the list, too, to make room for some of my challenge books. Naturally, I will end up in this predicament again. Like I said, I can’t help myself.
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He is without a doubt my favorite historical figure. I think I would be in awe to meet THE Octavian Augustus Caesar. I would love for him to regal me with stories of Rome. I would very much like to talk to him about life during the Pax Romana. This is the man who boasted that he turned Rome into marble! The Sovereign of Rome. I can imagine how impressive his presence would be, though historical sources indicate that he was quite a serene figure in real life. He could tell me about Rome and that’s what I desire. I want to know about this place I would love to live in and at.
One of my favorite US presidents. I am a hardcore supporter and defender of the legacy of LBJ. I know he got a bad wrap for the disaster that was Vietnam, but I think this unfortunately shadows his many achievements such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. LBJ did a lot of great things for our country. Plus, with his obscene sense of humor, he would tell a lot of fun and dirty jokes.
Pure perversion. A libertine at its finest. There’s something smooth about the nature of the Marquis de Sade, like a quiet but obvious sickness. I think he would have the air of someone always amused, always thinking something positively insane and perverted in his head. I would hope he would share some of that French charm with the guests.
Who wouldn’t want a man who conquered the known world in his early 30s? The stories he could tell of his conquests, the things he has seen and done, would leave little for comparison. To have him at the table with Augustus would be a treat.
She’s my favorite author, first off. For all that she has done in recent years, Mrs. Rice is a very intelligent woman… even if she doesn’t act that way all of the time. I also think that she would have a lot of great questions to ask the historical figures because she is a historian herself.
Don’t worry, I wouldn’t let him choose any of the dinner entertainment. I’m sick, I know, but I think him being there would provide a certain… edge to the dinner. Given his nature, though, I am sure he would very hard to please. Nonetheless, I would love to have a conversation with him about his beliefs and why he chose to do the many disturbing things he did.
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