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What are you Reading?

Book Lovers

I know I read Tristram Shandy in college, in an upper-level18th century British literature course. I don't really inhabit English departments anymore, but I suspect that T.S. is rarely read outside of upper-level university courses -- not in English literature survey courses and not in secondary schools. I must confess that I remember very little about it (perhaps I am overly plot-oriented). I hope to make the discussion in Melioria (and what a wonderful idea!), but I think I will have to do some massive review before then.

What are you Reading?

Book Lovers

This is the first Austen-esque sequel I've ever managed to finish (and I have tried a number). P.D. James doesn't pretend she's Austen. It's a conscious homage -- sprinkled with phrases from Austen's works that she knows readers will recognize as such. She's reasonably true to Austen's perspective and characters, and I thought it was a good read, even though clearly not a story that Jane Austen would have written. Two (appropriately gloved) pinkies up!

What are you Reading?

Book Lovers

This has been such an interesting thread -- many thanks, Tatiana!

I've just begun An Eighteenth Century Marquise: A Study of Emilie du Chtelet by Frank Hamel. This is one of the classic biographies of this remarkable mathematician and lover of Voltaire -- a work old enough (1911) to public domain and formatted for Kindle ( http://www.archive.org/stream/eighteenthcentur01hame#page/n5/mode/2up )

I'm also part of the group that has several reads going at once, and I've been rereading T.H. White's The Once and Future King.

And I'm just back from a trip during which I listened to the audio version of The Help . For me audiobooks are generally a last resort, only for traveling, but I would recommend this to anyone. It has an ensemble cast of readers that I thought was marvelous.

Your viewer?

General Discussion

I go back and forth. My university computer (used for educational purposes only of course) is a somewhat better computer than my home computer (which has -- gasp -- Vista).

I like the look of Kirstens, SL Viewer 2 (and have found the recent updates really are improvements), and Firestorm, probably in that order. Of these, I crash/freeze soonest in Kirstens. I can't use it at home. It definitely requires a good computer. I have a little better luck with lag problems in Firestorm, although Firestorm, Viewer 2, and even Imprudence are sometimes too much for my poor home computer.

Imprudence often produces slow rezzing but is the most stable for me on the university computer in high-lag areas once it has loaded -- even more so than Viewer 1. Unfortunately, at home, Viewer 1 is often the only one that I can use at all. I am very sad that the new world of mesh will eventually make Viewer 1 (and viewers based on V1) unusable.

Aux Dames de France, New gowns !!!

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They are beautiful and ageless I think, but what has happened to the lovely Marie Antoinette? Has she fled Versailles?

Summertime! New at Chérie Design House.

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Beautiful!

The modeling and the dresses are all quite wonderful (especially Cousin Skye since it is on me right now).

Introduction - Lady Bluebird of Orkney and the Northern Isles

Social Announcements & Introductions

I've been amazed by the warm welcome to newcomers. I look forward to meeting you to SL (perhaps wearing my new chapeau).

Introduction - Lady Bluebird of Orkney and the Northern Isles

Social Announcements & Introductions

Thank you so much -- and I must say I have very much enjoyed your notes and pictures!

Introduction - Lady Bluebird of Orkney and the Northern Isles

Social Announcements & Introductions

SL: The daughter of the late Earl of Orkney, I have just acquired an old watermill in the lovely Duch de Coeur to be used as a retreat - l'Heure Bleue. I have posted my history (rather longish, now that I look at it) on my profile.

RL: An academic with the usual busy life, interests in history, art, music, literature.

I look forward to being part of the Duch and thank all those who have already been so kind in welcoming me.

updated by @lady-bluebird-of-orkney: 06 Oct 2016 06:07:14AM