It was almost exactly one year ago that I decided to join my local rock climbing gym. I had the vague notion that climbing was fun, and the price was worth it since yoga was included. It turned out to be a great decision and has become something of a new obsession. I was told in my Introduction to Climbing class that for the first year, you should do nothing but climb. Sport specific strength training should wait until your tendons (especially in your fingers) […]
It’s easier to disregard society’s constraints when you’re rich
As I was looking for more books on CD to listen to in the car, I remembered The Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975) from an earlier Cannonball review. Fortunately there was no wait, and I was soon listening to the adventures of the intrepid Amelia Peabody and her friends in Egypt. Amelia Peabody is a fascinating character, a feisty feminist stifled by the Victorian times of 1884. Fortunately, she is primarily immune from society’s constraints through her independence of mind and means. When her father died, […]
When Are You Leaving
This is a book I never heard of and wouldn’t have chosen to read. But since I received it as a present, I felt a little obligated. Mount Analogue: A Tale of Non-Euclidean and Symbolically Authentic Mountaineering Adventures was published posthumously in 1952 in French. According to Wikipedia, Daumal “was a French spritual para-surrealist writer and poet.” I don’t have a full [or any] understanding of spiritual para-surrealism, which might have contributed to my inability to really get into this one. It also didn’t help that […]
Another contemporary romance with rich and powerful Texans
After reading Brown-Eyed Girl earlier this year, I decided to read another book from Lisa Kleypas’s contemporary romance series (albeit in random and reverse order) and picked up Blue-Eyed Devil (2008). This series focuses on the love lives of the Travis family. The Travis family is a prominent, wealthy Texas family consisting of a powerful patriarch and four siblings. Haven, the only girl (and possibly the youngest?) is at the wedding of her eldest brother (one of the books I haven’t read yet) when she first sees Hardy […]
Even more disappointing
The Legend of Lyon Redmond (2015) and the love story of Lyon Redmond and Olivia Eversea has been a long time coming. Julie Anne Long has written numerous books about the small town of Pennyroyal Green and the many epic romances sprouting from the area. Every young man or woman of marriageable age and suitable demeanor has been swept up in Cupid’s influence, including every Redmond and Eversea sibling. A common thread throughout all of Long’s previous Pennyroyal Green books is the whispered mystery of the […]
Disappointment from Kleypas
Cold-Hearted Rake (2015) is Lisa Kleypas’s latest historical romance. I was already warned that it was disappointing for a Kleypas novel, so I went in with lower expectations. And it’s a good thing that I did, as I wasn’t drawn in by the characters. Although some of the side characters were entertaining, this one is pretty forgettable. Kathleen was married to an Earl for three days–an Earl from a family known for their temper, risk-taking, and short lives. Devon Ravenel, a supposed but not very convincing […]
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