oreneta aground (but missinaibi's afloat!): Summer in TO

Work, food, friends, family.

Sums it up pretty much, then some sailing at the end.

Books read, 2024

9.1.24. The invention of nature, Alexander Von Humboldt blah blah blah. Andrea Wulf.titles too long , books too long, she says he talked endlessly, so does she. Read half. He's dead, still a vast amount to go. Endless old white guys. Done.
10.1.24. Hail Mary, Andy Weir. Excellent.
14.1.24 Crocodile on the sandbanks . Elizabeth Peter's. Good.
23.1.24. The Curse of the Pharaoh. Elizabeth Peter's. Good.
10.2.24. The Mummy Case, Elizabeth Peters. Fine.
13.2.24. Unlock your menopause type, Heather Hearsch. Useful.
14.3.24.Code to Zero, Ken Follett. Very good a d perfect foe a day when I'm sick.
24.3.14.The Silent Patient, Alex Michael idea. Meh.
27.3.24.Beth and Boyd Morrison, The Lawless Land. Melodramatic.
11.4.24 Love and Gelato, Jenna Evans Welch. Good.
16.4.24 Oh my mother, Connie Wang. Good.

T. B. Read

Montessori Learning in the 21st Century” by M. Shannon Helfrich
Els Ibers del Nord
Sarah Durants 5 novels
Charles Todd
Walter Mosley
Scott and Bailey
Walender
The Paris Wife
Endeavour
Inspector Morris
Tennyson mysteries
James Runcie
Grantchester books
Aunt Dimity
Love in a cold climate
Vassily Gorssman, all his books.
Tahmima Anam, The Good Muslim
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Leila Aboulela The Kindness of Enemies
Ali Eteraz, Native Believer
Ausma Zehanat Khan, The Unquiet Dead
Saladin Ahmed, Throne of the Cresent Moon
Rabih Alaenddine An Unnecessary Woman
G.Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen
Laila Lalami, The Moor's Account
WG Sebald
Elizabeth Hay’s Late Night’s on Air
Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod
2007: Wolf Totem - Jian Rong (China)
2008: Ilustrado - Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
2009: The Boat to Redemption - Su Tong (China)
The Magicians, a novel. Lev Grossman
Staring, how we look. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
A gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, by Malie Meloy
Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories
Miller & Paola, Tell it Slant (the version with the anthology)
William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular "on Language" Column in the New York Times Magazine
William Safire, o Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine
Edward P. Jones, The Known World
Embodied Visions, evolution, emotion, culture and film by Torben Grodal
Júlio Cortázar, Rayuela. In English or Catalan, sadly not Spanish yet.
W. James Popham, Transformative Assessment
The fixer, Bernard Malamoud
Life: a user's manual, David R. Godine
http://orenetaaground.blogspot.com/2009/05/show-some-lovin-mkay.html
Narrow road to a Far Province, Basho

oreneta aground (but missinaibi's afloat!)

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Summer in TO

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