This was an interesting book. I’m pretty fascinated by Louisiana and this is set in Monroe, unlike most novels of the state which seem to favor the New Orleans area. I can’t say that it was great, it felt a bit cliched at times, but it kept me entertained for a few nights.
It was a pretty good one. I like Teddy Roosevelt and the Northwest, so this was enjoyable.
This one is a re-read. I can’t remember how long ago I originally read it, but enough time had elapsed for me to have forgotten most everything about it except for the basic premise. It only took three before bedtime reading sessions to get through, so I appreciated that. The book provided an interesting insight into the extreme upper classes of English culture during the first half of the twentieth century. The narrator was a mostly sympathetic if rather alien character.
I was in the mood for something interesting, and I love Paris, so I chose this one. The only Hemingway I had read previously was The Old Man and the Sea, in high school. I enjoyed this one. It returned me to a lot of familiar places and provided an interesting insight into Hemingway’s life and thoughts.
For Christmas my sister gave me a 3000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Luke and I have been working on it a bit. We had to divide up all the pieces, starting with the edge pieces. We missed about three, but will fins them later. Now that the outline is done we are working on the interior. This puzzle doesn’t have the oddly shaped pieces that some of ours do, which makes it a bit more challenging. We are currently working on the building’s roof, which involves a lot of trial and error. We are enjoying ourselves though.
