More Magazines....

Ignore the cover....though it's clever enough. Articles of note here are "Death of a Dystopian" about the radical film maker David Crowley and his untimely, and mysterious death. The other great article is "We Have No Choice" about Nigerian girls who end up in prostitution rings in an attempt to get to Europe.

Magazines Are Books Too...

By far the best article I read in here is about Michael Heizer's monumental earthworks art work in the Nevada desert. I head about this guy years ago. He has been working on his art project since the early 1970s. It will be opened in 2020. Count me in. 

Canada's Bleak History

Hockey = Canada. Sadly, it also means Residential Schools and abuse. Oh Canada, I love you, but you have a dark past. The best moments of this book occur when Indian Horse is on the ice. The description of what happens in the mind of a highly-skilled hockey player is interesting (especially for someone who has never played). The abuse story-line is subtle, but in the end as tragic as you would expect. A good, not great, book.

It seems I like nothing....

Ok, this is a better book than I think it is and you should actually read it. I don't particularly see what all the fuss is about, but I understand that its story is interesting at times. My complaint...its all just small chapter-sized anecdotes with no real point in the end. Also, all the characters, except Lori, bug me.

Sharp Objects....more like lame objects

I guess I should have known this was going to be weak. I was not a fan of Gone Girl either. Ah well, it was sitting in the library at school and since I only have a million books at home to read I decided this was a good option. My main criticism is the unbelieability of its characters and its lame, been there done that, echoes of Flowers in the Attic.

War and Peace...Volume 2 Finished

Hello: Long time no see, expect some updates. Anyway, so I finished Volume II. It was a long haul right up to the war part with Napoleon and his entering Russia. Of particular interest was the coverage of the Battle of Borodino. Specifically the thesis that wars are not won by great men or great plans or great ideas, but rather by the mood of the men on that particular day. In short, no amount of planning is as effective as a little luck and a lot of morale. As such, the author/narrator debunks the idea that Napoleon was a military genius.