Book Cravings: Rose in Bloom

I need this book so badly that I'd sell my soul for it, if I believed in the concept of a soul somehow inhabiting a body, etc etc.

Louisa May Alcott's Rose in Bloom, a sequel to Eight Cousins, which I also loved, but not half as much again as I love this book. And, dear god, I do love it.

Mac is, as I reiterate, my favourite fictional character(male), and quite, quite a perfect specimen of his race. Rose is also an amazing character, and this book has taught me so much about growing up and taking decisions, even though it was written well over a hundred years ago. Little Women can get preachy sometimes, and I never really forgave Jo for giving up Laurie to Amy, whom I disliked tremendously.[Um, spoiler for whoever hasn't read Little Women and/or Good Wives]

The edition above is a 1929 edition published by Grosset and Dunlap; it's available on ebay for approximately 2000 bucks, including shipping. That's 2000 bucks that I can't, in good conscience spend on what is technically a second-hand book, not in particularly great condition. But we wantss it, don't we preciousss?

Oh my. Maybe I should sell a kidney. Who needs two, anyway?

Katze.

P.S. See? You get this book for free on kindle, but I'd much rather sell a kidney to get a delicious, illustrated, old hardback edition. Because it's more than the owning of it or the reading of it: it's the book itself-

What I've learned

... from all the stuff that's being going on in my life and in my mind.

(I'm sure no one's interested in reading a blog post like this, so off you go; yes, you)

1. If they're not learning, don't be quick to blame/judge them. Try and see the defects in your own teaching which makes them bored or overwhelmed and learn how to keep them engaged and interested.

2. Reading is a whole lot more than just reading. There's writing, and there's criticism, and there's other stuff two. Writing is not just writing, either. It's reading too. Complicated? You bet.

3. Friends are harder to keep than to make.(Duh. No kidding.)

4. You can predict 3 dimensional structures of large biomolecules using NMR!(Somewhat.)(Actually, I'll read more on this and get back to you: not totally convinced yet.)

5. Hard to pick a favourite fictional character: particularly the guys.

See you around.

K