PAST TENSE

May 6, 2019

Lee Child. PAST TENSE. Delacorte, 2018.

Jack Reacher finds himself in New Hampshire and decides to do a little genealogical research on the town where his father was born. Someone with the same last name owns an old motel in Ryanstown. When Reacher investigates, he finds out that the programs -- Bow Hunting Men -- offered at this stop are not your usual game. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.  

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.