Month: February 2013

Book Talk: THE HISTORIAN, by Elizabeth Kostova
February 4, 2013 reading

Book Talk: THE HISTORIAN, by Elizabeth Kostova

The Historian Elizabeth Kostova (Facebook) Back Bay Books (2006), Paperback (ISBN 0316154547 / 9780316154543) Fiction, 704 pages Source: Purchased Reason for reading: Personal Opening lines: “In 1972 I was sixteen–young, my father said, to be traveling with him on his diplomatic missions. he preferred to know I was sitting attentively in class at the International School of Amsterdam; in those days his foundation was based in Amsterdam, and it had been home for so long […]

Sunday Salon: A Short Post to Start a Short Month
February 3, 2013 reading

Sunday Salon: A Short Post to Start a Short Month

I’m later to the Salon than I like to be, and I won’t be staying long today. We have plans for this lovely Sunday. Last year we spent it with the antiquities at the Getty Villa; today we’ll be going to the Getty Museum (cameras in hand, of course) for more art and views of the city. We don’t plan to be back before the game starts, so we have the DVR set to record it–we wouldn’t miss […]