A couple of Oakville Library picks

My book club choice this month is "Eleven" by Mark Watson. It had some great characters - very likeable ones - and was an easy read. At only 278 pages, also a short read.It's been compared to "One Day" and has an interesting theme realted to "six degrees of separation" or the "butterfly effect". I wasn't so fond of the ending though. I was looking for it to be packaged up all nicely and there were too many loose ends. I also hate movies like this. If you're ok with that type of ending, then go for it...otherwise you've been warned. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the book club thinks when we discuss it in a couple of weeks.

I'm just starting to read the Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tabor which was recommended at the Oakville Public Library "An Evening for Book Lovers". It takes place in Southern California and has a strong message about social and racial conflict. The reviews appear to be mixed, so we'll see how it plays out.

New year....new goals

I've had a few people comment to me that they`re still checking my blog to see what I'm reading these days. My reading has slowed down now that my goal of 52 books in 52 weeks has been accomplished. I'm working on improving myself in other ways right now...including increasing my physical activity, sleeping more, and even getting laser eye surgery back in January.

I listened to Gone Girl on CD while my eyes were healing from surgery for a couple of weeks in January. I discovered I hate audiobooks...far too slow paced and time consuming.

Everybody has Everything was an awesome book. A Toronto author with references to many places in the city. It was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize last year. The Child Left Behind had great writing but was long...probably a couple hundred of pages longer than it should have been. Now I'm reading some *fluff* another one of Emily Giffin`s books (I've read tham all), called Where We Belong.