Raising Dairy Goats by Jerry Belanger
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Aphrodite by Isabel Allende
French Women for All Seasons by Mireille Guiliano
and I just finished The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory.
We'll see how long it takes me to get through those.
I've been struggling for almost 10 months to finish Un dimanche a la piscine a Kigali by Gil Courtemanche. It's a novel about a Quebec journalist in Rwanda at the start of the genocides and the rampant AIDS. The people he meets, loves, and ultimately loses. I find the author to be magnificent, his words bring you to the heart of the country and it's people. I'm naturally a slow reader in French so I don't know if it is because I take in each word, or if it's the descriptive language, or just simply the subject matter, but I can only read a few chapters and then I have to set it down for a few weeks. I usually read right before I go to bed, I had to discontinue that with this book due to the borderline nightmares I was having. If you have any interest in knowing what Africa is like I would suggest this book, it is heartwrenchingly beautiful. I just found out that it has been translated into English. There was also a movie made, but I think that is still only in French. (While looking for a bookcover to post I read some reviews and it seems like many other readers had the same horror that I have reading this book).
I've found the library to be a great source of entertainment, not only for books but movies too. We were debating joining Netflicks for the winter, I was looking at some of their top movies and for the heck of it checked to see if the library system had what I was interested in. Sure enough, I've watched Memoirs of a Geisha and The Last of the Mohican's this week. I also have Good Night and Good Luck, Munich, and Pride and Prejudice to watch this weekend.
5 Movies at Blockbuster (the only place around here to rent movies) = $20-$25.
5 Movies from the Library = Free
2 comments:
And this is one of the many reasons we are friends. :)
I've started reading "The Audacity of Hope" by Barak Obama. It's good. Highly optimistic, but good.
And I read a children's book called "Fairest" over break that was excellent. Forget who it's by... it's somewhere on my blog, if you're interested.
I would also highly recommend "Three Cups of Tea," also on my blog. I'm only a few pages in, and need to go get it at the library here, but it's so good.
Regarding the French Novels, would suggest that you read Some books from Eric Emmanuel Schmitt
- La dame en Rose
http://www.amazon.com/Oscar-dame-rose-Eric-Emmanuel-Schmitt/dp/2226135022/sr=8-3/qid=1168707281/ref=pd_bbs_3/105-4038047-1214025?ie=UTF8&s=books
- L'enfant de Noé
http://www.amazon.com/Lenfant-Noe-Eric-Emmanuel-Schmitt/dp/B000LY28ZK/sr=8-2/qid=1168707470/ref=sr_1_2/105-4038047-1214025?ie=UTF8&s=books
Easy to read and really inspiring! Both Heidi and I enjoy reading his books.
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