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tvordljRest of the week has been quiet. Two more weeks to liftoff. Getting all my papers together, the pdf files, the ticket vouchers etc. I put the pdf files on my phone but I think I'll still print them off. Booked a half day tour to Pearl Harbour, considering a submarine tour but it's not cheap. Still, it's probably a once in a lifetime thing to do and by all accounts it's amazing.
Just needed to do a book catch up...
In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje
follows a man through his life in the early 20th century Toronto, a bit disjointed I found but the writing was lovely. I think I just wasn't in the right mindset for it.
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
One of the classics. The heroine is less sparky and confident than in some of her other books.
The Watch that Ends the Night - Hugh MacLennan
Another Canadian Classic. It's about a man married to the love of his life who has a heart condition. He isn't the love of her life, her first husband is presumed dead in WWII but shows up a few years after the war. Story goes back into their history. Pretty good story.
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
Prequel to Practical Magic, about siblings who are witches. Runs through the 60s mainly and over the next couple of decades as the siblings get to grips with the family curse that portends doom if any of the falls in love. Loved the book!
Bellevue Square - Michael Redhill
One of this year's Giller Prize nominees, it's a book about the descent into madness. Bit of a mind fuck really but not in a bad way. It's about a woman who discovers she has an identical "twin" living in the neighbourhood where she owns a bookstore.
The Manticore - Robertson Davies
Another classic Canadian writer. Didn't enjoy this one, the second in a trilogy. The lead character was awful, spoiled and arrogant and even though the book covers a year where he's in analysys I don't think he really changed at all.
Poles Apart - Terry Fallis
Enjoyed this book about a man who goes to Florida to help his father recover from a stroke and decides to start writing an anonymous feminist blog which goes viral. He pisses off a gangster who runs a chain of "better" strip clubs, makes a few friends, gets tangled up. Well written, funny and witty. Fallis is a Canadian writer and his books are always a great read.
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz
Next in the Lisbeth Salander novels written by a new author but a disappointment I'm afraid. If it wasn't supposed to be a Salander book, it would have had a better rating. But she's hardly in it and if you're titling it "The Girl Who..." then it should be about The Girl.
Just needed to do a book catch up...
In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje
follows a man through his life in the early 20th century Toronto, a bit disjointed I found but the writing was lovely. I think I just wasn't in the right mindset for it.
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
One of the classics. The heroine is less sparky and confident than in some of her other books.
The Watch that Ends the Night - Hugh MacLennan
Another Canadian Classic. It's about a man married to the love of his life who has a heart condition. He isn't the love of her life, her first husband is presumed dead in WWII but shows up a few years after the war. Story goes back into their history. Pretty good story.
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
Prequel to Practical Magic, about siblings who are witches. Runs through the 60s mainly and over the next couple of decades as the siblings get to grips with the family curse that portends doom if any of the falls in love. Loved the book!
Bellevue Square - Michael Redhill
One of this year's Giller Prize nominees, it's a book about the descent into madness. Bit of a mind fuck really but not in a bad way. It's about a woman who discovers she has an identical "twin" living in the neighbourhood where she owns a bookstore.
The Manticore - Robertson Davies
Another classic Canadian writer. Didn't enjoy this one, the second in a trilogy. The lead character was awful, spoiled and arrogant and even though the book covers a year where he's in analysys I don't think he really changed at all.
Poles Apart - Terry Fallis
Enjoyed this book about a man who goes to Florida to help his father recover from a stroke and decides to start writing an anonymous feminist blog which goes viral. He pisses off a gangster who runs a chain of "better" strip clubs, makes a few friends, gets tangled up. Well written, funny and witty. Fallis is a Canadian writer and his books are always a great read.
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz
Next in the Lisbeth Salander novels written by a new author but a disappointment I'm afraid. If it wasn't supposed to be a Salander book, it would have had a better rating. But she's hardly in it and if you're titling it "The Girl Who..." then it should be about The Girl.
