The Kindness of Women, 1993, by J.G. Ballard. Interesting, semi-autobiographical, about his life in England post-war. A good writer. Starts with him still in the POW camp outside Shanghai and ends with the making of the movie about that time, … Continue reading →
Exit Orange and Red by Martyn Bedford, a novel about the steel manufacturing process in the UK, a huge mall, unions, journalism. Pretty good. 1997. I bought this second hand from the UK, must have been one of Nick Hornby’s … Continue reading →
my favourite sock pattern so far. Green socks. Some colourful socks The blue blob gets slowly bigger..
Continue reading →Your Sad Eyes And Unforgettable Mouth by Edeet Ravel, 2008. It’s good, but not as good as the Tel Aviv Trilogy she wrote; 1. Ten Thousand Lovers (2003), 2. Look for Me (2004) 3. A Wall of Light. They were … Continue reading →
Finally got back to The Likeness by Tana French and thought it was a good engrossing mystery. Perfect escape book. Now in the middle of The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson. Too bad he died, but sure … Continue reading →
New mitts for Mum. Beautiful wool bought at Cumberland yarn store. Blue socks finished. Mocha likes them.
Continue reading →I am enjoying Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris, a literary mystery set in Saudi Arabia. Palestinian Nayir al-Sharqi investigates the death of Nouf with the help of Katya who works in the women’s section of the state medical examiner’s office. … Continue reading →
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult She captures high school well, telling the tale of a shooting spree that took 19 minutes. Very sad but worth reading. Dirt Music by Tim Winton written in 2002 is another good book. He writes … Continue reading →
Blue socks – with sock yarn that I dyed. The beginning of a shawl, which will one day hopefully look like this The first balls of wool. Progress is still slow, but the wheel is good.
Continue reading →Breath, by Tim Winton, an Aussie writer. Very good writer, why have I not read him before? Breath is not a long book but it is a great novel.
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