Whitsunday Islands
16 years ago
Monday, October 12, 2009
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My neighborhood in Cambridge (and sometimes views of other places, too)
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My daughter in Australia
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art
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movies
- Doubt (pit Meryl Streep against Philip Seymour Hoffman and sparks with fly! I thought it was good and interesting; kids thought it was "pointless")
- Gran Torino (with Clint Eastwood -- I loved it)
- The Edge of Heaven (Turkish/German film)
- The Grocer's Son (French)
- Quinceanera
- Saving Grace (2000)
- In Bruges
- No Le Dis a Personne (Tell No One)
books I'm reading
- The Memory Palace by Mira Birtok
- Room by Emma Donoghue (told from the point of view of a 4-5 year old)
- The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris (unusual but interesting premise: the main character has a walking affliction)
- Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
- As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto (as a foodie and resident of Cambridge, loved this book)
- The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (complete series) by Alexander McCall Smith
- Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (short stories)
- The Story Sisters: A Novel by Alice Hoffman
- The Believers by Zoe Heller
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (yes, Oprah is right, it's a great book. You'll never look at dogs the same way again.)
- Golden Grove by Francine Prose (from point of view of girl whose sister dies unexpectedly. Was lighter than I expected given the subject matter)
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (loved it)
- The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman (intriguing futuristic setting)
- The Suicide Index by Joan Wickersham
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
