A great way to get the plot. A Geat, Beowulf, helps the Danes. Beowulf kills Grendel and Grendel's mother and is killed by the dragon years later.
Monday, September 23, 2019
BEOWULF
Kevin Crossley-Holland & Charles Keeping. Beowulf.
A great way to get the plot. A Geat, Beowulf, helps the Danes. Beowulf kills Grendel and Grendel's mother and is killed by the dragon years later.
A great way to get the plot. A Geat, Beowulf, helps the Danes. Beowulf kills Grendel and Grendel's mother and is killed by the dragon years later.
FIRESIDE STORIES
Fireside Stories: Tales for a Winter's Eve.
A great collection. KAL:yach and Bride. Babushka.
A great collection. KAL:yach and Bride. Babushka.
Sunday, September 22, 2019
WARLIGHT
Michael Ondaatje. Warlight.
Nathaniel and Rachel have been abandoned by their parents in London during WWII, left in the care of The Moth and his friends, The Darter. Nat's girlfriend Agnes. It turns out that the parents have separated, and that the mother, Rose, works in intelligence. Nat tries to research her career, to fill in what he does not know of her.
Nathaniel and Rachel have been abandoned by their parents in London during WWII, left in the care of The Moth and his friends, The Darter. Nat's girlfriend Agnes. It turns out that the parents have separated, and that the mother, Rose, works in intelligence. Nat tries to research her career, to fill in what he does not know of her.
BALLISTICS
Billy Collins. Ballistics.
A writer friend knows this American poet laureate so I took down two volumes from my poetry section and read this one out loud to myself. I like it. I wanted to share 2. "No Things" and "Adage".
A writer friend knows this American poet laureate so I took down two volumes from my poetry section and read this one out loud to myself. I like it. I wanted to share 2. "No Things" and "Adage".
STILL LIFE
Louise Penny. Still Life.
A friend loaned a box set so I began to re-read Louise Penny in order. Still Life is one of the best. The first. Introduces the main characters, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy B investigating the murder of an old woman in Three Pines. Was it an accident? Who benefits? Who fails to do as she is told and fails to learn?
A friend loaned a box set so I began to re-read Louise Penny in order. Still Life is one of the best. The first. Introduces the main characters, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy B investigating the murder of an old woman in Three Pines. Was it an accident? Who benefits? Who fails to do as she is told and fails to learn?
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST
Louise Penny. The Nature of the Beast.
A Hawthorne Book Club selection for September. Re-reading this classic Penny is well worth it. Once you know what happens, the details of character and plotting stand out as so impressive.
I still have two reservations about the plot. 1) the importance of paper plans to a weapon once the concept is known and models exist. 2) the description of armed guards inside a Canadian prison, and an unauthorized person escorting a dangerous prisoner out without proper authority. I think not.
But the sub-plots. The American deserter who has created a new life and young family for himself. The mysterious CSIS agents and arms designers and sellers, some of it based on fact. The complicity of the community in years past, especially Ruth the poet who knew more than she shared. The hints of challenges to come--Jean-Guy's addiction, Armand's career path
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A Hawthorne Book Club selection for September. Re-reading this classic Penny is well worth it. Once you know what happens, the details of character and plotting stand out as so impressive.
I still have two reservations about the plot. 1) the importance of paper plans to a weapon once the concept is known and models exist. 2) the description of armed guards inside a Canadian prison, and an unauthorized person escorting a dangerous prisoner out without proper authority. I think not.
But the sub-plots. The American deserter who has created a new life and young family for himself. The mysterious CSIS agents and arms designers and sellers, some of it based on fact. The complicity of the community in years past, especially Ruth the poet who knew more than she shared. The hints of challenges to come--Jean-Guy's addiction, Armand's career path
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