Booklover's Heaven

I have just discovered a link in my online bookclub to a number of books that you can download for free as copyright has expired! The site has links to over 1,700 books, most of which are classics or quality literature. Yay!! I thought the downside would be a slow download speed, but no, it opens almost immediately. This will definitely save me some money. The first book I have downloaded is Edith Nesbit's "The Magic City".

The Book Club

Just arrived back from our first book club meeting. Glad I ventured out - the girls are all lovely, some of them in situations like mine (ie job-hunting), others who are working, others who are stay-at-home mums.

The taste in books varies, but for the most part not too bad. Sometimes there may be a little chic-lit, but most of it will be bestseller literature. I can live with that. Won't be recommending any of the classics, I don't think a book club is the best forum for discussing the classics. It needs to be light and pithy, with some good issues for discussion.

The first book we will read is The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff. Reviews have been good, but lets wait and see.

One more picture to share with you of Dubai at night. This is a building across from AL's work. The whole area looks lovely at night. It is heavily edited though, as the original shot was not very good. Still, I like it - looks more like a canvas than a photo, or am I deluding myself?

Going to a bookclub meeting tonight. It is the first one for this area. Hopefully the other women have similar taste in reading material - will go crazy if I have to read chic-lit. At least it will get me out of the house!