Hump Day Happenings

1. I got a Valentine's Day card from misbegotten! <3

2. journalsandplanners is hosting a Snowflake-type challenge for the rest of this month thanks to enthusiastic and enterprising members. Drop by and check out what people are saying, and maybe participate yourself. :)

3. gloss posted about Matthew Cheney's blog post The Strength of Kindness in a pedagogical context, which is phenomenal. Cheney references Contemplative Reading by Karolyn Kinane, an article which is not open-source. I have ILLed that sucker and have a PDF I am willing to share with anyone, so PM me an email address if you are interested in reading it.

( comments I made in gloss's journal about Cheney's post + Kinane's article )

4.

The End of Her: Racing Against Alzheimer's to Solve a Murder by Wayne Hoffman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. Its three threads (the history of the Jewish diaspora in Canada, the author's sorrow over his mother's decline into dementia, and the mystery of who murdered his great-grandmother more than one hundred years ago) form a fascinating narrative. I already knew Hoffman is an excellent storyteller from reading his other novels, but this novel outshines his earlier work and represents extensive research conducted over a number of years.

I highly recommend this to anyone interested in memoir, true crime, genealogy, and history.



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