White Album, Journey, Old Filth, and Last Lecture
34. 3 episodes of White Album (ホワイトアルバム).
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- I read on ann that this series is licensed and found it at crunchyroll so I checked it out.
- Harem.
- The ending music is familiar. I can't remember from which anime that I heard it.
- Slow and gentle. I like it.
35. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. Quote: "Like my mother always said, curiosity killed the dog."
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- A fun kid movie.
- I enjoyed it even though I thought the ending was a big abrupt. We were in the middle of a crisis, Shadow fell into a hole at a train yard. Chance went down to help him. Sassy cheered on. The next scene was back to the house from the first scene. It's Thanksgiving. The animals arrived home. Hm!
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101. Old Filth. First sentence: "The Benchers' luncheon-room of the Inner Temple."
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Written by Jane Gardam
Some points:
- I heard a review of Jane Gardam's latest book called The Man in the Wooden Hat from NPR's Fresh Air and thought it was interesting. I also found out that it had a sequel Old Filth, so I thought I read it first besides my public library only has the latter. So ...
- It's about an old judge who was Raj Orphan - the term was used for children whose parents were stationed at British colonies and who had sent the children (when they were 4 or 5) to be raised in their home land - called Home - by foster parents. Since these children were likely from well-to-do families, they usually went to Public schools and universities that their parents had gone to. They hardly knew their parents and vice versa.
- The book switches times a lot from presence, to the pasts (there are many) but I never felt lost or abruptly put in the time. I can always tell what past the current narrative was in and wasn't annoyed by the change at all.
Bottom line, I will check out the sequel to find out more about the main character since he's so interesting and I like the writing style, too.
102. The Last Lecture. First sentence: "I have an engineering problem."
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Written by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Some points:
- This book is similar to Tuesday with Morrie in that it's full of common sensed advices. There are also anecdotes. It's a good and grounded read.
- It's also sadder than Tuesday with Morrie since this one was written by a younger person and he had really young children. I couldn't help but felt sad for the survivors.
Bottom line, good read. Reread? Maybe. Rec? Sure.
- Continuing series: