Wink Clouds of Blue Wars; Silence des Chevaliers; Strong Venus Belief Have Honeymoon Man

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The Lamorna Wink, by Martha Grimes
Plane-reading fluffy mystery set in Cornwall. But it got better than the first couple of chapters led me to believe. I like what she does with emotions. Pretty damn dark for a cozy.
(6/250)

Clouds of Witness, by Dorothy L. Sayers
One of the Lord Peter mysteries - this is the one where his brother gets sent up for murder. Very funny.
(7/250)

Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller
This was a very interesting book, much warmer than I thought it might be. And brasher too. I suspect the author would enervate me in real life, but I liked him anyway. I appreciate honesty in spiritual memoirs.
(8/250)

The Wars, by Timothy Findley
Very touching World War I novel. Short, but relatively demanding. Timothy Findley still the bomb in my books.
(9/250)

Le silence de la cité, by Elisabeth Vonarburg
Very moving example in the yet-another-dystopian-feminist-post-apocalyptic-science-fiction-story genre. I really loved this book, actually.
(10/250)

Le livre des chevaliers, by Yves Meynard
Kinda fluffy kids' novel with rich mythic imagery.
(11/250)

Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Lord Peter mystery where he meets Harriet Vane - because she's in the dock for murdering her ex-lover. Quite enjoyed this one but not as strong as some of the others.
(12/250)

Voyage to Venus (aka Perelandra), by C. S. Lewis
A very problematic book. Parts of it had me wanting to hit my head against the wall, parts are really beautiful - the occasional part makes me want to do both at once. Worth reading.
(13/250)

Belief or Nonbelief, by Umberto Eco and Carlo Maria Martini
An elegant little set of exchanges that left me wanting more.
(14/250)

Have His Carcase, by Dorothy L Sayers
Harriet Vane finds a body on the shore which washes away before the police can come fetch it. Hijinks ensue. I loved the bit characters in this one.
(15/250)

Busman's Honeymoon, by Dorothy L. Sayers
At long last, Peter and Harriet get married. Woot! V. romantic, and I enjoyed the mystery angle.
(16/250)

Self-Made Man, by Norah Vincent
This was pretty good. A lesbian goes undercover as a man for (parts of) a year-and-a-half. Chapters arranged thematically. I really found her perspective interesting, but I'm not sure how well it matches the experience of actual men. And I think her chapters on sex and dating were handicapped, strangely enough, by a failure to adequately understand straight women. I mean, I don't really understand straight women myself, and I still felt like she was missing the boat a lot of the time and didn't get the dynamic the way my guy friends do. Anyway, she certainly makes no claims to be more than anecdotal, and on the level of memoir it was absolutely fascinating. And I really liked the chapter about the monastery.
(17/250)

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[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

Back home? Dinner?

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Yes. Yes. (Or as jay said HELLS YEAH)

A week from tomorrow would be best for us. Or failing that a week from Sunday maybe?

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And I'm assuming us visiting you but if you would rather come down here, that's cool too.