Entries from October 2024

New “3 Best Books I Read 2024” list now posted

October 28th, 2024 · No Comments

The wonderful book recommendation site Shepherd.com once again asked me to contribute my best reads for 2024 (read in 2024 vs published in 2024, which is why one of my recommendations was published in 1959. At least the other two came out in 2023…. You can read my list here, but be sure to check […]

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Tags: Books

What I read, Q3 2024

October 21st, 2024 · No Comments

Time for the reading update. FICTION The Shamshine Blind, Paz Pardo. California noir set in a world in which Argentina defeated the US thanks to the use of psychopigments, colourful chemicals that produce emotion on contact. Our heroine is a the classic downtrodden detective hero – a Psychopigment Enforcement Agent caught up in a tangled […]

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It’s September – where am I?

October 6th, 2024 · No Comments

I was home for a grand total of 4 1/2 days last month. I had a great time, but I admit my own bed was welcome on September 30th. First up, two weeks at the cottage. Fabulous weather for walking, swimming (we only missed 3 days), lounging, eating, visiting, reading…. all the usual cottage things. […]

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Tags: Travel