tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post2916326073462434755..comments2024-02-28T13:05:21.023-05:00Comments on Carpe Keyboard: Beauty of the Season and Beauty on the PageKaren S. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-17020676722340224592010-12-20T16:13:00.611-05:002010-12-20T16:13:00.611-05:00Kenda -- Have you ever seen pink clouds like that?...Kenda -- Have you ever seen pink clouds like that? I've seen them in Santa Fe New Mexico. (Maybe it is a southwest thing??), but that description is priceless! And I love Kingsolver, but haven't read The Bean Trees yet. I'll have to add that one to MY list. :)Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-85494118692796432502010-12-19T22:28:05.338-05:002010-12-19T22:28:05.338-05:00I'm buried under books over here that I want t...I'm buried under books over here that I want to read, and you've given me two more titles to add to the pile! I've been wanting to read Donnelly's Revolution, plan to here soon, but now I want to read A Northern Light, too. And MacLaclan's Word After Word... Thanks for the endorsements:-)<br /><br />As for beautiful language, my choice in recent reading comes from Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees: "We crossed the Arizona state line at sunup. The clouds were pink and fat and hilarious-looking, like the hippo ballerinas in a Disney movie." Love it!Kenda Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972218446945404475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-29431866182962230772010-12-19T16:23:04.422-05:002010-12-19T16:23:04.422-05:00I've been reading Vampire Academy - which is f...I've been reading Vampire Academy - which is fun but few phrases of real literary power. I did quote from "Speak", "Dash and Lily's Book of Dares" and "Going Bovine" in a recent post - all those books have some amazing writing...Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.com