Sunday drive - Explored Scoville Reservoir and Hancock Lake in Wolcott, CT. Lunch (omelets at El Cafesito Diner, 1804 Meriden Road (Rt 844), Wolcott.
Ice cream - actually fresh peach sundae free with purchase at Rodgers Orchards, 2876 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike (Rt 322), Southington.
Another day (I forget which day) - picnic from home at Devil's Hopyard State Park East Haddam
This week the "Deal Me In" card is the Ten of Diamonds; the selection is The She-Wolf (in Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki)
from the library...
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.
Sure hope I can get something else by her.
from my shelves...
Two fine novels of Dagestan:
The Mountain and the Wall by Alisa Ganieva; translated from the Russian by Carol Apollonio Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva: translated from the Russian by Carol Apollonio
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Saturday, August 18, 2018
August (third week) 1018 Reads
Sunday day trip - an afternoon drive to and around Cogamond Lakes.
Ice cream at Moolicious Farm, 258 Feeding Hills Rd. (Route 57), Southwick MA.
This week the "Deal Me In" card is the Two of Hearts; the selection is
Testimony of Malik, Israeli agent, prisoner #287690 by Randa Jarrar (in Watchlist : 32 Stories by Persons of Interest)
Online...
Fact and Fox: enter the world of Dubravka Ugrešić’s new novel, a visceral study in elusiveness
Georgi Gospodinov: enter the world of the Bulgarian writer taking on empathy, sorrow and stereotypes
from the library...
In The Shade Of Spring Leaves: The Life Of Higuchi Ichiyo, With Nine Of Her Best Stories
by Ichiyō Higuchi: Introductory biography and translation of stories by Robert Lyons Danly
from my shelves...
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien; Introduction by William H. Gass
Saturday, August 11, 2018
August (second week) 2018 Reads
A quiet week - no trips (weather), well I did go to the library.
This week the "Deal Me In" card is the Eight of Diamonds; the selection is Fanutza by Konrad Bercovici (in The Best Short Stories of 1921)
Ah well...
Gutenberg find...
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete by Charles James Lever (originally published 1939)
I'm going to try to read at least some of this. I have to after I spent too much time getting it onto my Kindle...
from the library...
Quicksand by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett
To me this seemed a bit soap opera-ish.
One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson and Walking Into the Night by Olaf Olafsson
I loved both of these.
This week the "Deal Me In" card is the Eight of Diamonds; the selection is Fanutza by Konrad Bercovici (in The Best Short Stories of 1921)
Ah well...
Gutenberg find...
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete by Charles James Lever (originally published 1939)
I'm going to try to read at least some of this. I have to after I spent too much time getting it onto my Kindle...
from the library...
Quicksand by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki; translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett
To me this seemed a bit soap opera-ish.
One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson and Walking Into the Night by Olaf Olafsson
I loved both of these.
Saturday, August 04, 2018
August (first week) 2018 Reads
This week the "Deal Me In" card is the Queen of Hearts; the story The Taxidermist by David Abrams (in Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest)
A taxidermist with a unique, unsettling paranormal gift. One of my favorite stories from this anthology. Here are some links to a few of Abrams' works online. He also has a great blog: The Quivering Pen
elsewhere online...
Treepedia: Exploring the Green Canopy in cities around the world
from MIT Senseable City Lab - a source worth further exploration.
and from the library...
Two excellent short story collections:
A Thousand Morons by Quim Monzó; translated from the Catalan by Peter Bush
Awayland by Ramona Ausubel
...and an ok collection:
Tell Tale: Short Stories by Jeffrey Archer
a good novel;
A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert
...and two novels that I found disappointing (because I've liked everything else I read from these authors):
The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
The End of a Family Story by Péter Nádas; trhanslated from the Hungarian by Imre Goldstein
a non-fiction that I enjoyed:
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs
as for my shelves...I didn't touch them except to add some things that came in the mail.
A taxidermist with a unique, unsettling paranormal gift. One of my favorite stories from this anthology. Here are some links to a few of Abrams' works online. He also has a great blog: The Quivering Pen
elsewhere online...
Treepedia: Exploring the Green Canopy in cities around the world
from MIT Senseable City Lab - a source worth further exploration.
and from the library...
Two excellent short story collections:
A Thousand Morons by Quim Monzó; translated from the Catalan by Peter Bush
Awayland by Ramona Ausubel
...and an ok collection:
Tell Tale: Short Stories by Jeffrey Archer
a good novel;
A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert
...and two novels that I found disappointing (because I've liked everything else I read from these authors):
The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
The End of a Family Story by Péter Nádas; trhanslated from the Hungarian by Imre Goldstein
a non-fiction that I enjoyed:
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs
as for my shelves...I didn't touch them except to add some things that came in the mail.
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