Hawthorne Book Club selection for May 2019. Vintage Louise Penny. Armand and Reine-Marie go to a lodge for their anniversary. A statue falls. Still not completely clear on the how nor the why.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
THE MURDER STONE
Louise Penny. THE MURDER STONE. Sphere, 2008.
Hawthorne Book Club selection for May 2019. Vintage Louise Penny. Armand and Reine-Marie go to a lodge for their anniversary. A statue falls. Still not completely clear on the how nor the why.
Hawthorne Book Club selection for May 2019. Vintage Louise Penny. Armand and Reine-Marie go to a lodge for their anniversary. A statue falls. Still not completely clear on the how nor the why.
THE PERILS OF GEOGRAPHY
Helen Humphreys. The PERILS of GEOGRAPHY. Brick, 1995.
Wonderful poetry by a writer whose novels about wartime Britain I have enjoyed. Found the lines:
The world curled into
itself, like a dry leaf,
like a fist.
from "When You Weren't With Me," p. 54.
Wonderful poetry by a writer whose novels about wartime Britain I have enjoyed. Found the lines:
The world curled into
itself, like a dry leaf,
like a fist.
from "When You Weren't With Me," p. 54.
RATHER BE THE DEVIL
Ian Rankin. RATHER BE THE DEVIL. Orion. 2016.
Really annoys me. Read this April 27-28. Some scenes seemed familiar. Only some. Now I see that I read it before. Rebus is retired. Fox was promoted. Shiv is annoyed. Big Ger is still around.
Really annoys me. Read this April 27-28. Some scenes seemed familiar. Only some. Now I see that I read it before. Rebus is retired. Fox was promoted. Shiv is annoyed. Big Ger is still around.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
NO MIDDLE NAME
Lee Child. NO MIDDLE NAME: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories. Delacorte, 2017.
The very best way to read Reacher. Because you can stop and pause after forty pages or so, and not sacrifice a whole weekend at once. Love the stories of his youth too, and of his brother Joe.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
I AM A METIS
Peter O'Neil. I AM A METIS: The Story of Gerry St. Germain. Harbour, 2016.
Biography of a BC entrepreneur, Conservative politician under Brian Mulroney, senator. Very interesting story of the late development of Metis pride.
Biography of a BC entrepreneur, Conservative politician under Brian Mulroney, senator. Very interesting story of the late development of Metis pride.
Monday, April 1, 2019
RU
Kim Thuy. RU. Vintage Canada, 2012.
Beautiful. Poetic. Experiences of a privileged female driven from home by war to a new life elsewhere, in Quebec.
Beautiful. Poetic. Experiences of a privileged female driven from home by war to a new life elsewhere, in Quebec.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
SILENT FLOWERS
Dorothy Price, Editor. Nanae Ito, Illustrator. SILENT FLOWERS: A New Collection of Japanese Haiku Poems. Hallmark, 1967.
Ancient haiku, beautifully illustrated with watercolour sketches.
Ancient haiku, beautifully illustrated with watercolour sketches.
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