Back With Lizbeth Salander...

Bought the 3rd book in the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series by Steig Larsson called The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I have started it and it is consistently good... I am reading with the joy of loving they way this guy writes mixed with the dread of finishing the book because I know that there will be no more...

I also finished books 8 & 9 in the 39 Clues Series and am working my way through LOST on DVD so I have curtailed my reading time.

Julia Child - I think I would have liked to party with you!

Just finished the Julia Child book, My Life in France. I quite liked her and I spent a bit of time watching YouTube clips of her TV show and other interviews. I think I would like to play her in a play one day (I think I could do it). I also think I would have liked to party with her - she sounded like fun and the food would be awesome!! I thought about buying the book Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but I have no time to cook, so maybe in a few years.... when I have more free time... ha ha ha. I do want to see Julie and Julia now.

Not sure what to read next. I have a Jonathon Kellerman thriller, Evidence, that might be nice light junk food reading for me. I'll let you know!

Good Food...

Now I am reading about Julia Child with her book (co-authored by Alex Prud'homme) My Life in France. I'll let you know how it goes.

The Book Thief...

I picked up The Book Thief by Markus Zusak a week or so ago because it had been on my radar for a little while and I saw it and nothing much else that interested me while I was killing time in a Chapters. I was a little worried when I started it 5 days ago because of the opening style and the narrative voice was a little unexpected, but once I got into it I was hooked. This morning, while getting a pedicure, I finished the book and felt the tears. I am not sure what the ladies in the salon thought. It was a lovely and sad read. I highly recommend.

Greek Mythology and Swedish Mysteries...

I just finished Rick Riordan's kid-lit series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. There's a 5th that I haven't found yet, but I tore through 1-4 pretty fast. I quite liked the interwoven Greek Mythology and modern kid issues. He did a nice job with making it accessible and fast-moving as well as getting some Greek Myth in there too. Probably a little old for Oliver but maybe when he's 12 he'd be up for them. He's deeply involved in The 39 Clues series, which I also picked up. It's a pretty cool little series with codes and problem solving and major adventures - perfect for an 8 year old with a slightly older reading level.

I also just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson and I am currently reading The Girl Who Played With Fire. These books have been showing up for the past few years and I avoided them because the covers didn't appeal to me. My sister-in-law recommended them as did my mother and when I found out they were mysteries I was interested. Plus they were on sale at Chapters! I quite liked the first and I hear the second is better... here's hoping!

After the Winter...

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...

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...