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Cape Breton truly is an unusual place. In its beauty, and in the way it was isolated from the canajun mainstream for many years.







one of the funny little things about Cape Breton, is that literally everyone I've met from Cape Breton can identify any tartan - including the one on my dog's collar. It gives me a secret little inner grin each time it happens. They may have lost their accent, but they never lose the ability to i.d. a tartan.

It does sound like an amazing place, ehBeth, with deeply entrenched cultural and class traditions. I'm really enjoying MacLeod's stories...

I have so many books to read I don't know where to start I think I will pick the 1 ontop of the pile "steel tiger" by mark berent.

Got started on "Last of the Mohicans", I haven't read it before and it looks to be full of promise! I kinda knew it before, but it is a serial - Cooper did about 6 or 7 books (some before, some after "Last of the Mohicans") throughout his career.

I hope you enjoy Cooper, BillW. "Last of the Mohicans", which was ruined as a movie a few years ago, is a great read. It's one of his Leatherstocking tales, all about Natty Bumpo and his Indian companion, Chingachgook (pardon my spelling errors).

It's been a while since I've read it, but I remember it fondly. It's even got a tragic dimension...

Yes I have read it also and thought it was a great book hope you enjoy it.

I will say that I loved the movie and at the same time say that I always care for the books many times more. I have enjoyed the first few pages tremendously and look forward to the next few weeks. Thanks for the good reviews guys!

Didn't mean to be snide about the film*, Bill, but I believe they changed the ending. You can see for yourself--and please report back!



*which I didn't see...

I have most of Cooper's books. He's a bit long-winded, but I guess that was the style of the day. Once you become acclimated to his writing style the books are very entertaining.

Read about a quarter of the book last night and am hooked. I didn't think you were being snide D'art, just giving a good review. Thanks, I may be going through all of Cooper's stuff - I love books that include period history and this is definitely full of it, plus.....

Okay, so it's like this. I was walking through the mall minding my own business when, all of a sudden, a sale at the book store ATTACKED me. I swear I had nothing to do with it at all. It dragged me in and FORCED me to purchase. I don't even know how the very friendly salesperson even GOT my debit card; it just magically appeared in her hand!

Now I'm reading THREE books at once: still working on After the Ecstasy the Laundry by Jack Kornfield; started Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor last week for some lighter reading; and The Essential Rumi found its way into my hands this afternoon. I've got next week off so I'll probably finish them all then. I guess I get awfully bookish when I have a vacation coming up.....

have just started to read : IN SEARCH OF ZARATHUSTRA by paul kriwaczek. subtitle : the first prophet and the ideas that changed the world. the writer was a dental-surgeon in KABUL (!) for a couple of years , became a BBC producer and is now a writer. it's the story of his travels through asia interspersed with references to the development of the various religions. quite a fascinating read ! i'm a slow reader, so it'll take me afew weeks to get trough it - at about 5 to 10 pages a day (i'm in no hurry). at my bedside i always keep a few RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY and one or two german books (that i've usually read several times already, but just enjoy reading again ! hbg.

for some background information on paul kriwaczek go to :http://www.kriv.demon.co.uk/home.htm hbg.

I think that won't work, Hamburger, can you edit off that beginning colon before the http?

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good morning ossobuco ! this should be better: www.kriv.demon.co.uk/home.htm read a few more pages last night. quite a fascinating tale. couldn't resist to also read a few pages of the 1953 PUNCH YEARBOOK that i got from ebeth some years ago; always enjoyable to look back and see that humour never gets stale. hbg

The last thing I need right now is to get interested in another writer -- need to finish what I started, etc. But I clicked on Hamburger's link to Kriwascek's site and kind of fell in love with him! Nice looking guy with a very nice mind, evidently! Best of all possible worlds...

Bridget Jones' Diary - funnier than the movie.

After long urging from a friend, Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I love it -- WWII cryptography and Internet hackers (alternating stories) with some wonderful twists. I'm even reading and enjoying the math descriptions! (Odd for me!)

The way this man uses words is wonderful. He tells a story that's pulling me right through the book. I will read whatever this friend tells me to read from now on...

Mrs. Hazlitt and I finally finished The Way We Live Now by Trollope and are nearly finished with Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Pi is a sixteen year old boy from India who is a life boat survivor of a sunken ship, which was carrying zoo animals. He finds himself sharing the boat with a wounded zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and a very healthy adult male Bengal tiger. Pretty interesting story.

Other reading completed this summer:
Collected Stories of Wm Faulkner
Doubliners by J. Joyce
Anton Chekhov's Short Stories
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver

Today at B&K (make that Borders) I picked up Against Love by Laura Kipness and read a chapter while enjoying a cup of coffee. It's an interesting critique of life long commitment to one partner. As they say, things keep changing, and we all keep wondering where it will all lead. The book was at least as good as the coffee.

Oooh, lovely reading list, Hazlitt. When you are finished with "Life of Pi", please share your take on it. Sounds interesting, and it's on my list.