Amanda Brainerd's Blog - Posts Tagged "reading"

I did something I never do: I signed up for a seminar! It is on Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea and run by the Center for Fiction. Our teacher is Sadie Stein. I rarely do this kind of thing, mostly because I don't have much time, but also because I am self-conscious. Will it be like those small seminars in college where the professor would sweep around the table with her high beams on, and I'd pray they didn't land on me? This time I am excited. I've read this wonderful novel twice before, so maybe that is why I feel more comfortable. But what's been even more exciting is I have discovered things in the novel that I TOTALLY MISSED before! How many times do I need to read a book to really get it all? Maybe many. But it is so fun to discover new Easter Eggs. Going back to an old favorite can be very rewarding.