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2009 books:
24. My Life in France - Julia Childs
Seeing the movie made me want to read her story and a jolly good read it is! Yes, she really does talk like that, very folksy and up beat. Her nephew is the one that ghost-wrote it as she was nearly 90 when he asked her to write it with him. She told the stories, he put it together. I found it very interesting and loved to hear all about the restaurants and scenery in France among other places she and her husband Paul lived in Europe and what her thoughts were on the various cultures. It's also interesting to see her take on the American culture when she seemed so immsersed in the French culture. Much of the book covers the 1950s and up to the publication of her first major cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It took nearly 10 years for her and her collaborators to do it and it really seemed like part obsession part quest and in the end it was a triumph. It led her to television and made her into a well known face in the American culture.
Am delving into Diana Gabaldon's latest book, An Echo in the Bone, the seventh in the "Jamie and Claire" series of books which started with Outlander/Cross Stitch (in the UK). I"m not sure if this is the final book or not, and i don't want to read at the end to see if it is. I think it was supposed to be though. She also plans to write one or two prequels about Jamie's parents, Brian and Ellen and their love story which has been mentioned over the course of the series. So far this book seems less focussed on the main characters and has brought Jamie's son William into the mix as a main character so the plot seems evenly spaced out between Jamie/Claire, William/Lord John, and Brianna/Roger.
Liking the iPod but still can't seem to get it to connect to WiFi. There's a couple of spots in the mall downstairs that have wireless feed but though it seems like it will connect, then it doesn't. I can't seem to find all the right settings and when i set up my email, it doesn't take the password even though i know it's right. *sigh* Things are never as easy as they say they're going to be. Other than that, though, i like it fine. Someone mentioned that if i got a GPS Bluetooth receiver and got a map application for the iPod i could turn it into a GPS navigator because the iPod has Bluetooth in it. It's a good idea. You wouldn't need wi-fi for that, just the receiver. May investigate that sometime.
24. My Life in France - Julia Childs
Seeing the movie made me want to read her story and a jolly good read it is! Yes, she really does talk like that, very folksy and up beat. Her nephew is the one that ghost-wrote it as she was nearly 90 when he asked her to write it with him. She told the stories, he put it together. I found it very interesting and loved to hear all about the restaurants and scenery in France among other places she and her husband Paul lived in Europe and what her thoughts were on the various cultures. It's also interesting to see her take on the American culture when she seemed so immsersed in the French culture. Much of the book covers the 1950s and up to the publication of her first major cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It took nearly 10 years for her and her collaborators to do it and it really seemed like part obsession part quest and in the end it was a triumph. It led her to television and made her into a well known face in the American culture.
Am delving into Diana Gabaldon's latest book, An Echo in the Bone, the seventh in the "Jamie and Claire" series of books which started with Outlander/Cross Stitch (in the UK). I"m not sure if this is the final book or not, and i don't want to read at the end to see if it is. I think it was supposed to be though. She also plans to write one or two prequels about Jamie's parents, Brian and Ellen and their love story which has been mentioned over the course of the series. So far this book seems less focussed on the main characters and has brought Jamie's son William into the mix as a main character so the plot seems evenly spaced out between Jamie/Claire, William/Lord John, and Brianna/Roger.
Liking the iPod but still can't seem to get it to connect to WiFi. There's a couple of spots in the mall downstairs that have wireless feed but though it seems like it will connect, then it doesn't. I can't seem to find all the right settings and when i set up my email, it doesn't take the password even though i know it's right. *sigh* Things are never as easy as they say they're going to be. Other than that, though, i like it fine. Someone mentioned that if i got a GPS Bluetooth receiver and got a map application for the iPod i could turn it into a GPS navigator because the iPod has Bluetooth in it. It's a good idea. You wouldn't need wi-fi for that, just the receiver. May investigate that sometime.