Hey folks, anyone there?
I finished Snow Falling on Cedars a few nights ago. It's a beautifully written book with lots of wonderful imagery, detail, and emotion. Also, a fun little tidbit: on the first page of the second chapter, they discuss the main happening of the book, which occurred on September 16th, and then just down the page they introduce a character named Abel.
Unfortunately, I didn't really mark where any of my favorite excerpts were. Oh wait, I did find again one of the parts I really liked and was inspired by (this is just a bit what she says): "We bend our heads, we bow and are silent, because we understand that by ourselves, alone, we are nothing at all, dust in a strong wind, while the hakujin believes his aloneness is everything, his separateness is the foundation of his existence. He seeks and grasps, seeks and grasps for his separateness, while we seek union with the Greater Life..." (p. 201).
As for what I'm reading next, I haven't really decided yet. I've been staying up watching the Olympics the last few days, so I haven't read much before bed. Except bits of The Gifts of Imperfection. I guess that's what I'm reading now, though I have In The Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day next to my bed too, so I guess that will be next.
Anyone else reading anything good that they'd recommend... or that they think isn't worth a read?
