It’s time for round 2 of Guess the Book from the Library of Congress Subjects! I got 11 again.
Listen to a dot matrix printer play Eye of the Tiger.
We may be on our way to Snoopy World today, so here’s a fun Peanuts/Jaws mash-up.
This ode to two-lane highways is lovely.
This is my new favourite photo:
Snorkelers at Hanauma Bay, Oahu.
Springtime tulips in Evanston
By Cai Guo-Qiang, from the Falling Back to Earth exhibition at GOMA. 99 life-sized wolves attempt to leap over a glass wall, then pick themselves up to try again. See a wider view below the cut (as always, click to embiggen).
Part of the Falling Back to Earth exhibition at GOMA. A wider angle view is below the cut. Continue reading
Why did you read this book? It’s on The Morning News’ Tournament of Books shortlist. Also, it was described as “a European Gone Girl”.
Has Jeremy read it? No.
42-word review: More We Need to Talk About Kevin than Gone Girl. The titular dinner involves two brothers and their wives discussing their children. The (very) slowly growing creepiness was engaging enough to read it in one evening, but it wasn’t quite satisfying.
Overall rating: 3 wine glasses (out of 5)
It was nice to see one of the photos from our Wall of Adventure (we have an incredibly long hallway in our Evanston apartment) during Doha Week, so I’m instituting Wall of Adventure Wednesdays. I’ve posted a puffin photo before, but I like this one so much that it’s the closest to the door.
Why did you read this book? It’s on the shortlist for The Morning News’ Tournament of Books.
Has Jeremy read it? No.
42-word review: The aftermath of one brother’s pro-revolutionary actions in 1960s India. I kept expecting new character perspectives to add emotional depth to the events previously just sketched out, but they all just continued in their unchanging insular states (even through major life events).
Overall rating: 3 ponds (out of 5) (I had trouble even thinking of something to use as a rating because I found this so bland)
The view from the Brisbane Wheel.