After I finished The Winter Vault I went on a bit of a junk food reading blitz. Suffice it to say, I really didn't know why that book was a Giller Nominee... oh well, there is no accounting for taste! Anyhow, I just finished And Another Thing, by Eion Colfer which is the 6th in Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy... yes, it's trying to be that cute. The book fit well in the series in tone and plot and character. Colfer did a nice job.
I still need to find the 5th Giller Nominee.
I have also been reading a lot of plays - submitted ones and ones for my class. Here is a sample (but not all of them):
The Rez Sisters
Les Belles Souers
Hosanna
Leaving Home
Vimy
Perfect Pie
Lion in the Streets
Village of Idiots
The Threepenny Opera
Cabaret
Nine
The Penelopiad
Ali and Ali and the Axes of Evil
and a whole bunch more...
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Struggling...
Still working on The Winter Vault. It is slow going because there is no pull through this book. Not really enjoying it and hoping it will be done soon. Maybe tonight. It is a good one to get me to sleep...
Friday, January 8, 2010
If I'd Been the Only Judge...
of the Giller Prize, then The Golden Mean would've won. Okay, I still have 2 of the books to read, but I am 30-40 pages into The Winter Vault and let me just say, it's no Fugitive Pieces! I have no idea what this book is going to be about. I have to invest in the characters before I invest in the book and so far it reads like a history book... save that for a little later, when I am committed. At this rate I am going to be putting it down without finishing.
The Golden Mean was really good, and it broke the previous feeling I had about The Canadian Novel after reading The Bishop's Man and The Disappeared. Perhaps it was because the story was more linear and concrete, but whatever the reason, it was very engaging and interesting and even though my concept of what the golden mean was very different and never even brought up int he book, that's okay. It was an interesting take on Aristotle and Alexander the Great and that period of time. Interesting note: I was prepared not to like it because I saw this TV interview of all 5 nominees and Annabel Lyon seemed defensive and a bit abrasive, but perhaps she was just nervous (or maybe she is abrasive, but a very good writer!).
The Golden Mean was really good, and it broke the previous feeling I had about The Canadian Novel after reading The Bishop's Man and The Disappeared. Perhaps it was because the story was more linear and concrete, but whatever the reason, it was very engaging and interesting and even though my concept of what the golden mean was very different and never even brought up int he book, that's okay. It was an interesting take on Aristotle and Alexander the Great and that period of time. Interesting note: I was prepared not to like it because I saw this TV interview of all 5 nominees and Annabel Lyon seemed defensive and a bit abrasive, but perhaps she was just nervous (or maybe she is abrasive, but a very good writer!).
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