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I’ve lost interest in my list, in case you hadn’t noticed. I’d like to burn it and start over. My life doesn’t seem to work in a “3 year plan” sort of way. But, I’m not burning the list. I’ll just hang onto it and see what happens and try again when this one is officially over. Anyway, on to the update.
I read another classic but I need to go back and figure out what my original definition of classic was. I know I talked about that with Karen and some of the others in the private place but I don’t think those posts exist anymore so I’ll have to redefine without that to reflect on.
We also finished another book on audio. I’m heading upstairs in a minute to take another audio book from Prince J’s room. (I hope he’s finished it, heh.)
I sent my brother a text message – actually two – so I think that counts. Based on his skill with Txt spk I think he probably prefers text over phone calls, just like I do.
I’m halfway through my 12 hour Mrs Peel marathon. I’ll have finished it by the end of this weekend – whether TW likes it or not!
I’ve saved money again and suspect I’ll be saving a ton of money for the next few months so maybe I’d better run and donate some while I can. Where should I give a donation? Convince me of your cause…
Another book from my Printz Award challenge, Monster, was not my favorite book from 2000 but I understand how and why it won the award. It’s a good thing I’m not the one sitting on those award committees.
I was a little afraid I wouldn’t be able to enjoy Monster at all because it was written in the form of a screenplay, because the kid up for murder is into film making, and I really dislike reading screenplays. But the story was compelling enough and I cared about the kid enough to muddle through all of the screenplay-ese. The book reminded me a lot of Upstate, a book TW and I listened to on audio a few months ago. Another young black teen in jail and going to trial for murder, you know the type society tends to label as “monsters”…
Ha. Ha. Ha. New Melissa song. Awesome. Not that we’ll ever hear it live because bars are too freaking loud for this song. Clicky
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Deep Storm was pretty darn good, even though that whole drilling rig thing near Iceland had me confused. (Confused because it wasn’t too long ago that we read Crawfish Mountain about drilling off of TX/LA – I kept waiting for the southern drawl and it didn’t come.)
Anyway, it’s one of those dramatic books where good guys (ex military) have to stop the bad guys (current military) from misusing science and technology and power. Interesting. Black holes. Under the ocean. In the MOHO. Very interesting.
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Remember years ago when I was looking for book ideas for Michelle belle? I don’t think it was on this blog, or the blog formerly known as Daily Dose etc…, but maybe on the original home school blog? Anyway, I had a regular reader and commenter then, from Belgium I think, and she recommended “A Town Like Alice” for Michelle to read. Michelle never got around to it but I remembered it when I was creating my A to Z list but it was not an easy book to get.
I got it, on audio, late in December and as we started to listen to it TW said “And why are we listening to this?” It started sort of slowly and the narrator sounded very Moonstone like. Almost like “Betteridge” but not quite. We both thought we were in for a very long, very slow listen… we were wrong.
It did take us a very long time to finish it but that is related to the very small amount of time we’ve spent in the car together over the last month. Or in the car together, without kids. The kids don’t really enjoy listening to bits and pieces of books and I can’t blame them. I wouldn’t like listening either if I had missed chapter upon chapter.
Anyway. A Town Like Alice. Awesome. So awesome that it’s hard to believe it was written by Nevil Shute. I am not an On the Beach fan. Love this book. Love the characters. Love the story line. Love every single thing about it – except the fact that it’s over.
Now, could someone help me figure out how to find that person who recommended the book? I’d really like to thank her and I don’t seem to be able to track down her comments – they were probably lost in some blog move or another. Or they’re buried in some transferred comment format that isn’t searchable. Whatever. I can’t find her. Help! And then go reserve this book from your library – preferably on audio.
RJ and I arrived at Rooterville about an hour before feeding time and the pigs were much happier to see us than on previous visits. Was that because it was a bright sunny day rather than a dull dreary rainy day or was it because it was close to feeding time? Probably a combination of the two and we enjoyed petting pigs for a bit before we set to work raking manure out of a pen.
Then, the fun really started. Those pigs like their fruits and veggies! Here are some more pictures from today’s trip to Rooterville. Video will come once we’ve had a chance to upload and edit.
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