Some stuff I've read lately:
I used to avoid reading Canadian writers because, as a
Canadian, I get kind of tired of having *our* writers
shoved in my face all the time but, in fact, these
writers are damn good:
-Margaret Atwood, "The Blind Assassin" (almost
finished reading it and recommend it highly)
-Michael Ondaatje, "Anil's Ghost" (an excellent
book)(this is the guy who wrote "The English Patient",
which I also read - didn't see the movie, so can't
compare to the book which I liked, but "Anil's Ghost"
is, IMO, far superior - it'll give you chills)
- over the summer, got into reading a whole bunch of
mystery novels, which I hadn't been into for quite
some time, but which I enjoy - can't think of any that
stand out - but anything by Minette Walters.
- also read a whole bunch of stuff by Morgan Llewelyn
(sp?)- historical novel type of stuff dealing with
Irish history - in particular, 1917 (or was it some
other year? need help from the Irish here - when was
that darn revolution anyway? '17 or '19?
- on the same topic (the Irish revolution), "A star
named/called Henry" by Roddy Doyle
- finally read "Bridget Jones' Diary" and laughed my
arse off (so to speak)
- finally read the Brian Hinton Joni thing - also
laughed my arse off for completely different reasons.
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