Kath's 12-15
#12 - Petite Anglaise by Catherine Sanderson
A memoir by a blogger who writes about her life as an English ex-pat living in Paris. It is not a spoiler to say that she ends up messing up her whole life through the blog-o-sphere. I thought she was a bit self-absorbed, but I appreciated the dissection of online "fame", as well as how quickly one can leave the real world for the cyber-world. It rang true to alot of my experiences during my years immersed in Rosworld.
#13 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
I've been meaning to read this for a while. An award-winning book set in Henry VIII's court? Yes, please! I had tried to read work by Mantel before though and was not able to get into it. Solution? Listen to it on CD. I waited for it for a long time from the library, but it was really worth it. I particularly liked the ending, which did not happen where I expected. I hear Mantel is working on a sequel. She'd have to. : )
#14 - Empty by Suzanne Weyn
A YA novel I read to three of my classes this year. It's about the world when it starts to run out of oil. It had a fairly uplifting ending, which was nice, because it was pretty freaking depressing. My kids liked it a lot though.
#15 - What No One Tells the Bride by Marg Stark
One I noticed on the "Weddings" shelves at Chapters. I got it from the library. It was ritten about 12 years ago, so a bit dated, but I liked the premise of helping independent women who have been single for a long time adjust to starting a life with someone else. It's basically a "first few years" primer about how not to lose yourself in coupledom, but also how to make it work.
A memoir by a blogger who writes about her life as an English ex-pat living in Paris. It is not a spoiler to say that she ends up messing up her whole life through the blog-o-sphere. I thought she was a bit self-absorbed, but I appreciated the dissection of online "fame", as well as how quickly one can leave the real world for the cyber-world. It rang true to alot of my experiences during my years immersed in Rosworld.
#13 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
I've been meaning to read this for a while. An award-winning book set in Henry VIII's court? Yes, please! I had tried to read work by Mantel before though and was not able to get into it. Solution? Listen to it on CD. I waited for it for a long time from the library, but it was really worth it. I particularly liked the ending, which did not happen where I expected. I hear Mantel is working on a sequel. She'd have to. : )
#14 - Empty by Suzanne Weyn
A YA novel I read to three of my classes this year. It's about the world when it starts to run out of oil. It had a fairly uplifting ending, which was nice, because it was pretty freaking depressing. My kids liked it a lot though.
#15 - What No One Tells the Bride by Marg Stark
One I noticed on the "Weddings" shelves at Chapters. I got it from the library. It was ritten about 12 years ago, so a bit dated, but I liked the premise of helping independent women who have been single for a long time adjust to starting a life with someone else. It's basically a "first few years" primer about how not to lose yourself in coupledom, but also how to make it work.