Winter Reading

While the weather has been unseasonably warm for most of the winter here in the Rockies, we seem to get these big snow storms and then the weather returns to 50s and 60s.  During those wintry spells I have had some time to get a little reading done.

I decided to tackle a really thick book this time (not War and Peace), I have had a copy of the Thorn Birds sitting around for years.  I have been putting it off for quite a while, it seemed  a little daunting and I really didn't know much about it.

I breezed through this book the author, Colleen McCullough, does a marvelous job at describing life in the early 1900's in rural Australia.  Along with all the beautiful and rugged details of the scenery there is of course there is the story of forbidden love.  This is a must read!

After comleting the book, I rushed over to Amazon and ordered the miniseries that was made for TV.  Luckily the day I received it was the day we had another big snow storm.  I watched all eight hours over two days.  As usual I am a bigger fan of the book, but the TV series was still very good.

Another rainy day favorite epic movie for me is Gone with the Wind.  The last time I watched it I was in college (hard to believe that was about 12 year ago).  I just happened to notice it in my pile of old VHS tapes (yep, its that old).  I was thinking it's about time to watch it again.  Before I do....

That's right, I'm reading the book first!  I'm only about 100 pages in and still have a couple hundred to go.  Hopefully I can time the next storm just right so I can curl up with the movie. 

Happy Reading!
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