Last CBR, I read Pat Barker’s excellent Regeneration and loved it. I wanted to see how her second book in the trilogy, The Eye in the Door, stacked up. As it turns out, even better than the first one. After Dr. Rivers has spent time working with poet Siegfried Sassoon, The Eye in the Door focuses largely on the recovery efforts of Billy Prior, particularly in his investigation of a murder by poison plot of a former neighbor. Here, we learn about the conscientious objectors […]
A prayer for Owen is a prayer for us all
In a similar vein as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I was on the fence about John Irving, though swayed a bit more in his favor. The World According to Garp is one of my favorite books of all time, but I have tried to read Ciderhouse Rules three or four times and just couldn’t get in to it. I had heard amazing things bout “A Prayer for Owen Meany” and was pushed to tackle it after a friend a few states away said she was starting […]
One must avoid dinner parties of 14…
… because if you don’t you are putting yourself in the awkward position of ending up with the dreaded 13 guests should one need to cancel at the last moment. Just one of the many insights I’ve gleaned from Mrs. Seely. 🙂 This book is another in the list of historical reference materials and this one has the added benefit of being a reference in its own time period! The height of domestic service roughly coincides with the Gilded Age, 1880-1920. In that time a […]
HeLa
This seemed like a fitting time to read Henrietta’s story, so closely following Black History month where her name has become a popular “little known hero” and did you know fact. I don’t remember hearing anything about HeLa cells in AP Bio as a senior in high school, but I do remember seeing the bright orange book cover of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” in my college’s bookstore. Since then I feel like the name Henrietta Lacks is a bit more common knowledge, which […]
Art as Ambassador
“In life you’ll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it’s because they’re stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance… Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.” – Persepolis I mentioned in my last review that I’ve been reading books for this Cannonball, so far, that are out of date. I mean that they are books published within the last ten to twenty years, but […]
I’m not sure using kids as spies is a great strategy, but since we did it, we might as well hear about it
Did you know that a 9-year-old boy once wandered into the camp of the British Army, took stock of their troop count & weapons hoard, convinced them he was just a dope who was lost & looking for a mill, all under the orders of General George Washington? Yeah, me neither. Enter Ariel Bradley: Spy for General Washington. The book was well written, and the pictures were engaging: I think the Kindle formatting was not very accessible (it chopped up the pictures and pages […]
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