I would like to report that I am the very first person to rent this particular book from the library. And that just tickles me to death! I have loved this series by Alan Bradley that began with
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. I read this first book in the series in October, then proceeded to read the next three in the line through December. I found that fifth book was due out in January and my library already had it on order, so I put my name on the request list to read it. Low and behold, it was in transit last Thursday and when I got it I noticed the date on the outside of 1/31/13. Meaning.... I am the first one to read this book... not the story itself ... just this one book. OOhhh I like it! And I am on the tenth chapter and already have some favorite parts. One of them is this:
"A seed is a remarkable vessel," he told me. "Our one true time machine. Each of them is capable of bringing the past, alive, into the present, Think of that!"
I just love living normal life and then being lucky enough to have the interest of popping into a story of someone else's life, mostly fictional lives but still, to look around and see their world and meet people related to the story line. And mostly with this one, I can't wait to see if five hundred year old seeds are collected and successfully germinated to bloom. If that really happened I would be in awe.
