A Good Read

I just finished reading the excellent historical novel, "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. It is the story of the creation of Vermeer's painting by the same name . I felt transported to Delft in the Mid-sixteen Hundreds, since the authors' attention to detail was so intricate. Vermeer has been called "the painter of light", and there was a vivid sense of color and light in this book.

Last week I read "The Third Sister" by Julia Barrett. This novel continues on where "Sense and Sensibility" left off. It follows the youngest Dashwood sister, Margaret, as she becomes a lady and finds a suitor of her own. This story was not as inspired as Austen's original, in fact, I found it a bit insipid. There aren't many books that I leave unread, but this one came very close.

On a final note, the girls rented "Ice Age" (2002) this weekend. They have watched it 3 times now and laugh themselves silly each time! It is indeed an amusing, if historically incorrect film. Of note, the Cave Men characters could not speak, but the woolly mammoth, giant sloth, and saber tooth tiger could! The "Tae-Kwon Dodos" were my favorites, as they drove themselves to extinction by their own silliness. Our recent trip to the museum to see fossils of all these animals helped put things in perspective, at least for Jenna. Lauren just enjoyed it with the unadulterated glee of the very young.

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