Apr 30
The post title says it all. I’m bummed, as you can understand. Life goes on though.
Apr 30
I saw this meme on Renay’s site. I was worried that my outcome would look pretty bad, and those fears were confirmed.
Name the last book by a female author that you’ve read.
“Palimpsest” by Catherynne M. Valente which I finished almost two months ago. Didn’t realize how few female authors I have read recently. The one before this was “Tender Morsels” by Margo Lanagan back in mid December. I have two stretches where I’ve read three out of four by female authors. I have also read a few trilogies by female authors, even if I had a couple of books by others in between installments. I also had a...
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Apr 29
My team was the victim of a big upset this past weekend. We lost 962-918 to Hippo Regius. Hippo has only won five games in the history of the team. That includes the two victories they have this year, one of those being last week’s upset. I have actually met the guy that runs the team, Will. He’s a huge sports fan, very knowledgeable, and has been trying hard, starting with last season, on turning around a bad team. It’s starting to pay off a bit this year.
Fortunately my team still scored well in the loss, helping my point differential, putting me in second place. Next week’s game is against Toronto.
Here’s the ladder:
...Apr 28
On Monday, I finished reading “Divisadero” by Michael Ondaatje.
From Publishers Weekly via Amazon.Com:
Ondaatje’s oddly structured but emotionally riveting fifth novel opens in the Northern California of the 1970s. Anna, who is 16 and whose mother died in childbirth, has formed a serene makeshift family with her same-age adopted sister, Claire, and a taciturn farmhand, Coop, 20. But when the girls’ father, otherwise a ghostly presence, finds Anna having sex with Coop and beats him brutally,...
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Apr 27
The day after finishing the previous book, I read “The End of the Alphabet” by C. S. Richardson in one day. It’s listed as a novel, but even before today’s standards, this is a novella at the very most. (I’ve read books marketed as novellas that were longer.)
From Publishers Weekly via. Amazon.Com:
An abrupt death sentence given to a 50-year-old London ad exec forces an uneasy deliverance in Richardson’s smartly setup, poignant tale. Given less than...
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Apr 25
Earlier this week I finished reading “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, the debut novel by Stieg Larsson. It is the first book of a “trilogy”, though originally intended according to reports to be at least a six books series. Larsson completed and delivered the first three books of the series to the publisher, started the fourth book, and had outlines for the fifth and sixth, but died at the age of 50 in 2004 before finishing. The book was translated by Reg Keeland.
Apr 23
Still don’t have a battery for the camera, but Marcia’s Uncle Joe came equipped. So here are some pictures of Nigel playing with his cousins.
...Apr 22
As much as I love the money I save buying books from Amazon.Com, I also love going to a bookstore and browsing the shelves. Most of the bookstores around where I live, excluding Borders and Barnes & Noble, are used book stores. I rarely get to go into an independent book store that only sells new books. (I qualify that because one of the used book stores that I frequent does sell some new books, but it is 5% of the books, if that, that the store carries.)
On Wednesday though, and by accident, I got to walk through Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Marcia had a migraine, yet didn’t want to miss a practice at the church she works at with...
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Apr 21
Another week, another victory. Somewhat of a close game this time around. Fellow participant Brian mentioned last week that he was surprised by Los Angeles’ bad performance thus far. Milwaukee had surprised me, too. And if it wasn’t for their captain (who scores double points) having a bad game, it would have been closer, and we might have even lost. As it was, we pulled out a 976-849 win.
Next week is versus the notoriously week Hippo Regius team. We should win, but I’m not taking anything for granted.
Here is the current ladder:
...Apr 20
Nigel now loves having us read books to him before going to bed. We are seeing the benefits in improvement of his speech. But the problem is that some nights I am just not up for it. I am either too tired or want to go read myself. I keep doing it though. However, there is a bigger issue now. The Stanley Cup Playoffs. I think I found a solution though.
I didn’t say it was a good solution, just a solution.
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