200 Books

I intend to post as I finish books and/or when exciting life events occur.

I finished P.G. Wodehouse’s Joy in the Morning last night and, naturally, enjoyed it completely. Jeeves was at his inimitable best and dear Bertram got to pose as a burglar and a policeman. The perilous engagment was deftly avoided and all is well again. My only complaint with the book (and it is true of all of the Jeeves and Wooster stories) is that while the world the characters inhabit is definitley Edwardian, the contemporary references are not. This is occasionally jarring but still a minor quibble.

Alex now says “Daddy” “Owie” and, every toddler’s favorite, “No”. He is also a big fan of “Bee” and “Lion”. I’m still eagerly awaiting fluency.

I’ve gotten a decent reading list together over on the “2009″ page. I will keep adding to it as I stumble across things I want to read but I don’t intend to add anything without seriously meaning to read it this year so at some point I’ll have to stop adding titles. Please feel free to add suggestions in the comments over there.

Does anyone think it is possible to write 2000 (coherent) words a day?

Also, my bookclub will be reading Winifred Watson’s Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and meeting Thursday January 29th. Let me know if you would like to join us. My email is akpatchin (at) gmail.com

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