books

elenora's favorite book is "too much noise." i sit her in her stroller facing me and when i get to the part that goes "the bed creaked. the floor squeaked. the leaves fell on the roof, swish swish. the tea kettle whistled, hiss hiss." she just grins like it's our secret and i'm telling her the greatest thing ever.





here's the preview on google books.


http://books.google.com/books?id=VmwJdEolY7gC&dq=too+much+noise&pg=PP1&ots=7kUG30orKr&sig=JO9jvWjcymiarMjB1sYrn-MBNo0&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=too+much+noise&sa=X&oi=print&ct=book-thumbnail&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail#PPT13,M1


google books is my new favorite thing, though i would still much prefer to own the book and have it on my shelf to flip through the pages and write in and look at and think "i read that." but i can see how google book will help me to preview a book to see if i want to buy it in the first place.

i think "war and peace" is scanned into google books in its entirety. phew.

i just finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles. a very good story that really had me on the edge of my seat through the whole thing. it has the creepiest guy i think i've ever encountered in a novel. i wish PBS had made a movie of it i could watch on netflix, but i haven't found any. it would be hard to show Tess's inner struggle, anyhow.

i'm starting in on Dead Souls by Gogol, a russian author. this is supposed to be his masterpiece--his work of genius. it comes highly recommended by two people at work. should be interesting.

that's one of the good things about laying down with elenora as she naps. i get to read a lot.

tonight elenora jumped up and down in her jumperoo while j. played his violin. here's the footage: