A slow week this week, books-on-the-bus-wise. On Monday, I was happily given a lift, and otherwise the week seems to be a blur. Plus, you know, OC and I had a bad day on Wednesday, when in the morning the 97 was so far back in the line of buses at Mackenzie King that I missed it, so my commute was 9-95-116-98 (thanks for that!) and then in the afternoon, the 9 just plain didn't show at Hurdman, leaving me there freezing my toes off for 30 minutes. All this after I had actually left work early/on time for once and was looking forward to a hour's uninterupted reading at home alone. Grr. And on Friday, I enjoyed a really lovely walk to Main. OK, anyway....
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- one of the Harry Potters (couldn't see it clearly)
- Me: The Tiger's Wife by (which won the Orange for its 25-year old author - I KNOW!, but garnered some criticism.... Not to mention, Obreht felt she didn't deserve it). My verdict: haunting tone, intriguing characters, interesting mix of folklore with modern conflict in the Balkans, but could have done with some editing ...
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