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By Cari, on June 28th, 2007% Officially became a ‘wrap’ this morning when my backpack arrived. Glad that it arrived in one piece, it didn’t have any exciting adventures. Just seemed to want a longer layover at LHR since it arrived at JFK on BA 113 on Tuesday. I still think what happened was it made it to London on the earlier flight from Geneva and then they couldn’t find it when they went to load the luggage for BA115 on Monday.
When I think about the trip as a whole, I get Rainbow Tour in my head:
Let’s hear it for the Rainbow . . . → Keep Going: Europe 2007: It’s a Wrap…
By Cari, on April 6th, 2007% Last Sunday I was halfway through the book but as happens most weeks, especially this one when I had to go down to NYU x4, there was no time for reading. As a result, I finished the book this afternoon at the gym. It was definitely a journal as I went type of book because I was afraid of losing some of my thoughts. Some times I hate that, I have good thoughts while reading but then when I go to discuss, I draw a blank.
I expected to like it, both from some reviews I read and from . . . → Keep Going: Knockabout Girl: Review
By Cari, on March 23rd, 2007% via West of Mars, I found out about Kailana’s Ten Books you Cannot Live Without…
Now I learnt back when I used to play the Relays that I had some weird tastes in books, so I’m not expecting this to be anything different…
1. Take Me With You – Brad Newsham – I love the idea of his trip. Being able to invite someone to come back with you – return the favour of hospitality. 2. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume – One of my favourite books of all time, 3. The Bells of Nagasaki – Takashi Nagai [review here] . . . → Keep Going: Travel and Reading
By Cari, on March 22nd, 2007% Thanks – got it – that is a very fine, thoughtful review; would you please let the reviewer know how much it is appreciated? The author Lesley Thomas was very gratified to read it, and would like to tell her that she is working on another book about women in Lapp and ancient Norse cultures.
E-mails like this are part of why I love doing the review for Front Street Press. Although Far Eastern Press seems to be a bit bigger than Golden Quill Press/The Write Source was when I worked with them on Tell it to the Future, there’s . . . → Keep Going: Reviews and Tattoos
By Cari, on March 16th, 2007% Finally finished the write-up on Flight of the Goose for Front Street last night. I have to say I’m grateful to have found the site via BookCrossing and BookRelay because it has introduced me to a number of authors and genres who I might not otherwise have considered. Since starting with FSR last Summer, I’ve reviewed the following:
Behind the Yellow Filter and its sequel Blind Spot by Stuart Held Beyond Peleiu by Peter D. Baird The Voice in my Heart by Gilbert Tuhabonye
The last one, which coincidentally was the first title I reviewed for FSR, was by far . . . → Keep Going: On Reading and Travel
By Cari, on March 9th, 2007% I mentioned this briefly to Christine the other day… Japan has its tentacles in me and won’t let go! It’s not a bad thing, it’s just a bit strange for a country that I had little-no interest in before first working there in 2001.
I stopped at the Strand Saturday on my way from the bus drop off to Port Authority. I only meant to look for some of the Civil War Books but I somehow found myself in the Japan section
Geisha, Gangster, Neighbor, Nun and Public People, Private People just *jumped* into my basket. I’m also reading The Accidental . . . → Keep Going: Japan: Under My Skin
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