Saturday, October 26, 2019

MILLE FIORI

Dale Chihuly. MILLE FIORI. 

Beautiful photographs of Chihuly's glass art gardens and his boat installations. CD included. A Rotary Book Sale find.


THE CRUELEST MONTH

Louise Penny. THE CRUELEST MONTH. 2007.

Mad dies of fright at a seance. Armand fights betrayal from his beloved friend. The near enemies -- love vs. attachment. Pity vs. compassion. Indifference vs. equanimity. This one I hadn't read. 




DEAD COLD

Louise Penny. DEAD COLD. 2006.

Lifestyle writer is electrocuted while watching outdoor curling. 


STILL LIFE

Louise Penny. STILL LIFE. 2005.

The first inspector Armand Gamache crime story. An elderly woman is killed in the woods outside Three Pines. Her paintings of the fair contain the clue. Re-reading a favourite, as part of a borrowed boxed set. 

Sunday, October 6, 2019

TRUST YOUR EYES

Linwood Barclay. Trust Your Eyes. Doubleday. 2012.

Hawthorne Book Club selection for October. Often I find Barclay too scary for my enjoyment. This one was not so bad. Set in New York state. Much violence as a political tool but interest picked up as the characters became more likable. A special needs brother, an artist brother, a father dead in an accident at home, a mystery based upon an Internet image from Whirl360. 


LEXEYWA I PASS THE TORCH TO YOU

Beatrice Elaine Silver. Lexeywa I Pass the Torch to You. 2018. electromagneticprint.com

A local Sto:lo writer's memoir of her years in St. Mary's Residential School, Mission, BC.


The GREY WOLF

 Louise Penny. The GREY WOLF. Minotaur, 2024 Borrowed from a friend who had borrowed it from the library. No due date, making reading it so...