Where Is Your Bookmark? (04/22/2014)

One day last week, Mouse and I broke with our usual evening routine.  Instead of going straight inside where we would feed the cats and do a little straightening before worrying about dinner, Mouse and I headed straight for one of the trees in our front yard.  We each got a leaf, thanked the tree for sharing, and proceeded to enjoy the last of the sunshine as we waited for Anjin to come home from work.

We laid on the grass and gazed at the moon, which was visible despite the daylight hour.  We watched the clouds slowly float by and then excitedly pointed to the big airplane as it flew higher into the sky in the distance.  We played "I spy" and watched the ants climb up our other tree.  We spun around until we fell to the ground (okay, so maybe only Mouse did the falling).  We waved to the neighbors and shushed each other once the next door neighbor's dog settled down to sleep just inside his gate. He must have realized we weren't going anywhere soon.  

Mouse and I soaked up the sun, accidentally swallowed grass (Mouse), took pretend naps on the grass and then on the driveway (because the concrete is "soft", according to Mouse), and put on a circus show.  When Anjin arrived home, we all went into the house together. 

I felt refreshed.  

Mouse singing Little Bunny Foo Foo

I am continuing to make progress in Blind Assassin, but realized I have a tour coming up and hadn't yet read the book for that. As a result, I have set Blind Assassin aside for the time being, but will return to it soon.

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.

I am going to cheat with my First Chapter First Paragraph Intro this week.  I began reading Casebook by Mona Simpson yeseterday, which is evidently one of the "must read" books for this spring season.  The opening of the novel actually opens with a "Note to the Customer", which begins:

The book you now hold in your hands is our first venture into the old long-form technology that our pay-to-print machine in the back room has made possible.  The manuscript for this experiment was delivered to me by a hand by a young employee I first met when he wore board shorts and flip flops and came into the store, Neverland Comics, to read for free during the long afternoons of summer vacation.

The paragraph goes on to explain more about this "book" the narrator wrote along with the help of his friend. I am a huge fan of such fictional disclaimers and introductions.  They can really set a tone for a book.

And then, the book continues with chapter one:

I was a snoop, but a peculiar kind.  I only discovered what I most didn't want to know.

The first time it happened, I was nine.  I'd snaked underneath my parents' bed when the room was empty to rig up a walkie-talkie.  Then they strolled in and flopped down.  So I was stuck.  Under their bed.  Until they got up.

 Would you continue reading?

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