Superman and more

Yesterday morning I finished reading An Echo in the Bone and discovered that there has to be at least one more book in the series. I'm both happy and sad at that - I enjoy the series and would like another book, but I want to know what happens, right now, instead of waiting for the next book to come out. I've somewhat been finding that my thoughts form themselves in a bit of a Scottish brogue (which I like) - this must be from the book. I was amused by Jamie's story of how/why he lost the fourth finger on his right hand - although it wasn't true. I hope that Willie comes to terms with what he just figured out about his dad (either of them - for that matter). I'm not surprised he was able to figure this out though. I wonder if Brianna's coworker Bob is a descendant of the Cameron mentioned in the eighteenth-century part of the book - I suspect we'll learn he is. I'm still annoyed at him for taking Jem - but at least Jem's okay - at least for now.

At work yesterday, I found a cute little kids book called Baby Food; I don't remember the authors' names, but they're the same people who made/wrote How Are You Peeling?, another book I enjoyed. In this book, they took a variety of fruits and vegetables and cut/shaped/combined them to make baby animals. Many of these are incredibly cute and I'm in awe of the creativity and imagination the authors must have to come up with this.

Last night I started the next book in my stack, Brad Meltzer's The Book of Lies. I'm already over half-way through the book, and I still want to know what happens/what's going on. When I saw this book on the shelf at the library and read the "about the book" passage on the front flap, I was highly intrigued by the combination of the creation of the Superman comics and the Biblical story of Cain. I still am, actually - I'd like to see fully how the author will connect these together. I like a few of the points the author makes about Cain's story. First, he points out that the Bible never says what Cain's weapon was - I'd never really thought about it, but it doesn't. In the book, Ellis speaks of imagining it was a rock when he was a kid, but I guess I've always figured it was a scythe - or similar item) - Cain was a farmer and offered some of his grain to God - he had to harvest it somehow. The second point Meltzer makes that I like (and also hadn't thought about much) is that this is a story of the first instance of forgiveness as well as the first murder. By not killing Cain, God is offering forgiveness for Cain's act. I'm interested in seeing if the translation variations mentioned in the book in regards to this are accurate or not. Supposedly, when Cain traditionally says, "My punishment is greater than I can bear," it could also be translated as "My sin is too great to forgive" (p. 148). This puts a very different spin on the whole story. I need to reflect on this more - and plan to. I also plan to finish this book later today.