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The weather's been pretty miserable the past week or so; a few short peiods of sunshine interrupted by ominous clouds, drizzling rain, thuderstorms, and even hail. Last night's thunderstorm seems to have inbued the light in my roommate's closet (a lightbulb with a chain to pull it on and off) with static electricity. Touching the chain sends a ( Read more... ) -
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My re-read of Mary Renault's The Charioteer has confirmed it as one of my favourite books, despite the fact that there are several things I don't really like about it.
I've come to realize that I like The Charioteer more for its brilliant prose, its handful of likeable characters, and certain specific scenes than for its actual plot. Alec's party ( Read more... ) -
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Last year, in an interview on the CBC (Radio One), I heard Etienne Drapeau sing a very catchy ballad, which I didn't manage to get the name of. I'd never heard of him before (or since), but I loved what I heard, and two lines stuck in my head: Si je n'ai jamais dit tous ces mots/C'est que l'amour me brûle un peu trop.I've been checking M. Drapeau's ( Read more... ) -
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I'm just about finished re-reading Dorothy L. Sayers' Busman's Honeymoon. I've been wanting to read it for a while, but it's been buried under the pile of about sixty books on my bedroom floor, which I put away yesterday. Now if I can just get out the ones under the bed, I might be able to find and read Gaudy Night, as well ( Read more... ) -
Because I like to make lists: Favourite . . .
. . . Authors (favourite books by those authors in brackets):- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Persuasion)
- Laurie R. King (The Beekeeper's Apprentice, O Jerusalem, A Darker Place, To Play the Fool)
- Robertson Davies (Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders)
- Shauna Singh Baldwin (What the Body Remembers, English Lessons and ( Read more... )
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New Books
Just after Christmas, I read Lois McMaster Bujold's Paladin of Souls. I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as her Miles Vorkosigan books. When I found the next in the series, The Hallowed Hunt, at my favourite discount bookstore, I did buy it, even though I didn't think I would like it any better than its prequel, and I was proved right ( Read more... ) -
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I bought season three of due South on DVD, so I've finally been able to see some of the Kowalski episodes beyond Burning Down the House and Eclipse. My love for Ray Kowalski has been confirmed. Mounty on the Bounty is the best episode ever. And there are no words for how much I. Hate. Stella.
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Motherhunt
Squee! That's all I can say about the Nero Wolfe episode Motherhunt, which I watched for the first time last night. It's one of the episodes I've never seen ( Read more... ) -
Nero Wolfe
I just bought myself seasons one and two of Nero Wolfe on DVD. I'm enjoying it immensely, especially since there are quite a few episodes that I've never seen. Even when I really like a TV show, a lot of times I'm not in the mood to watch it when it's on, or I forget and miss it. So TV episodes on DVD are never just re-runs for me, which is nice, ( Read more... )