Where Is Your Bookmark? (02/25/2014)

I have been out of the boot since around Valentine's Day.  Hooray!  It's such a relief not to have that extra weight on my leg.  My ankle seems to have healed fairly well.  It is still a bit sensitive and will be for awhile as it strengthens, from what the doctor says.  His biggest advice was to "go slow" and "take it easy."  I wonder if he actually believes that's possible because I am pretty sure it is not.

I am on a Michael Robotham binge at the moment.  I currently am reading my third book by him, this one called Say You're Sorry.  He writes crime fiction novels set in London, one of my favorite settings.I hadn't realized when I started reading the books that they featured some of the same characters.  Fortunately, the books read very much like stand alones, and so I do not feel lost or like I am beginning the series in the middle.

I am starting to get excited about my March reading plans.  I usually do not like to plan too far in advance, with the exception of the occasional tour.  My mood often dictates the direction my reading will go.  As I have mentioned before, Veronica Roth's Divergent is on the calendar for next month as is Ann Patchett's State of Wonder for Carrie of Books and Movies' "I've Always Meant to Read That Book!" Challenge, among others.

I commented on Twitter last week that I have been craving a book with that "wow" factor.  I seem to be reading fair to good books these days.  Good is great.  There's nothing wrong with good books.  But sometimes I want more from my reading, you know?  Andi of Estella's Revenge recommended The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, a book I had started once before, but couldn't get into.  It's gotten high praise from so many. I think this may be the year to try again.

What are you reading at the moment?  Is it something you would recommend?

Every Tuesday Diane from Bibliophile By the Sea hosts 

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where  

participants share the first paragraph (or a few) of a 

book they are reading or thinking about reading soon.

For this week's Tuesday Teaser and First Chapter /Paragraph exercises, I grabbed a book recently added to the stack of books on my desk waiting to be read.  This is one I am particularly excited about.  Three Janie Chang's Souls is a historical fiction novel set in China, following the life of Leiyin as she reviews her life after death. In order to pass into the afterlife, she must make amends with her past.  The publisher describes the novel: "Suffused with history and literature, Three Souls is an epic tale of revenge and betrayal, forbidden love, and the price we are willing to pay for freedom."  Here is a taste of what's inside the cover:

We have three souls.  Or So I'd been told.

 But only in death could I confirm this.

The moment the priest spoke the last prayer and sealed my coffin, I awoke and floated upward in a slow drift of incense smoke, until I could travel no farther.  I settled in the rafters of the small temple, a sleepy wraith perched in the roof beams.  I had knowledge, but no memory.  My first thoughts were confused, for clearly this was the real world.  But surely I no longer belonged there.  When would I take my journey to the afterlife?

Would you continue reading?

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