I spent yesterday reading the book club selection, Missing Isaac, by Valerie Fraser Luesse. I would give it three stars for a debut novel. This was a good read, except for the vast number of characters. I kept up with the four main characters, but only toward the end did I get a hold on who was who among the others. Isaac and his mother were the only ones I was sure were black.When I finished that one, I took up The Hobbit where I had left off. All day I had not turned on the television or the computer. In the late afternoon I tried to get online and couldn't. The I found that the TV and the phones were out. Looking out the front door through the rain, I saw a big limb from the ivy-covered tree lying on the ground, and the cable line lying under it. So I went up to Ramey's house and called Charter, and they came this morning and fixed it.
Today I finished reading The Hobbit, which I love a lot. And now I'm free to read my new book that arrived last week, The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World, by Maya Jasanoff. John Le Carre called it superb, and Louis Menand described it as "history, biography, and adventure story."I can't get rid of the spaces below.
I don't hear storms sometimes since I have lived in this apartment. It must be due to living on the bottom floor.
ReplyDeleteI am glad the tree did not fall on the house! Had that happen about 17 years ago. Couldn't understand why it was so dark in the living/dining room! Had to go out the back door, as the tree fell across the garage, too! Scary time!
I need to read The Hobbit again. Haven't read it in years.
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