Friday, November 8, 2013

November 8, 2013


Smokin’ Seventeen  and Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich (audio versions)
The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich is great for long road trips.  They make six hour drives painless.  We listened to Smokin’ Seventeen  and Notorious Nineteen, one going and one coming home from a trip to Virginia.  I’m reviewing them together, because they are very similar in content and presentation.  The stories are wonderfully predictable and entertaining.  I found both of these to be a bit more suspenseful than others we’ve listened to.  Maybe they were or maybe it was just my frame of mind.  In any event, Stephanie Plum is great in small doses and both  Audible.com versions were a very enjoyable listen.

The Art of Setting Stones & Other Writings from the Japanese Garden by Marc Peter Keane
Reading The Art of Setting Stones was wonderful!  The book was divided into eight sections, each written as a meditation on some aspect of the Japanese garden.  Each section is filled with many little moments.  I found myself taking a week to read each section, pausing to let each small moment settle before going on to the next.  Keane’s words created images and feelings that needed to be enjoyed and absorbed, not rushed.  The illustrations were as lovely as the words.  The Art of Setting Stones  is a book that I will definitely revisit.  A++++

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