Sunday, 27 January 2008
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News, for anyone vaguely interested, of our jaunt around North and Central America, and other places which don't involve air travel. See if we've been bitten by poisonous snakes, lost a fortune in Vegas, contracted Dengue Fever or, miracle of miracles, if we're just having a plain old good time!
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- We apologize for the technical hitch
- Apologies for dearth of photos
- The Carmel Pine Cone
- Raindrops keep falling, and falling, and falling...
- Greetings from the iPod Touch!!!
- Forgot to Say
- Now I want to live in San Luis Obispo
- Oh, the exotic life of the traveller.
- 5 down, 102 to go (of Part I of the Big Trip)
- We're here!
- It's the Final Countdown...
- Uncomfortable of Henley
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About Me
- Justine
- Wife, mum, chicken-keeper, housework-avoider, coffee-drinker, cake-eater, biscuit-dunker, magazine-reader, tv-watcher, blog-reader.
Books Read by Hubby on Trip
- The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson - Douglas Lindsay
- Semi-Detached - Griff Rhys Jones. Not bad at all
- Chapter & Verse - Colin Bateman
- The Clocks - Agatha Christie
- The Attach of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks - Christopher Brookmyre
- The Dogs of Riga - Henning Mankell
- All Creatures Great & Small - James Herriot. Hubby says this was superb
- Faceless Killers - Henning Mankell. An excellent book
- Gallows View - Peter Robinson
- Hammer of Eden - Ken Follett. From the 48cent shelf, couldn't say no
- Three Act Tradegy - Agatha Chrisite
- The Moon is Down - John Steinbeck - very enjoyable. Hubby says it beats 'Of Mice and Men' which was forced down Hubby's throat by the worst ever english teacher (Mrs Morgan)
- Caught Stealing - Charlie Huston. Recommended by the owner of Mystery on Main in Brattleboro, Vermont. This was a cracking book.
- Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie
- Silas Marner - George Eliot (or Silas Mariner according to hubby! He's waiting for them to set sail). Hubby says he really enjoyed it even though no one went sailing
- One More day - Mitch Albom
- The Hollow - Agatha Christie. How many AC's has hubby read on this trip?!
- The Machiavelli Covenant - Allan Folsom
- The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie
- Under Orders - Dick Francis. Not bad
- Box Socials - WP Kinsella
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol I - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Full Montezuma - Peter Moore
- Chart Throb - Ben Elton
- The Watchman - Ian Rankin
- Three Stories - Alan Bennett
- Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie
- The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum. For once the film was better than the book. This marks the end of hubby's Ludlum phase
- Book of the Dead - Patricia Cornwell. Hubby says this was absolutely appalling; another step down the slippery slope of pantness that are the Scarpetta novels
- The Janson Directive - Robert Ludlum
- Double Cross - James Patterson
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
- Bleeding Hearts - Ian Rankin
- Stange Affair - Peter Robinson
- Brideshead Revisied - Evelyn Waugh. Get him!
- The Devil's Teardrop - Jeffery Deaver
- The Rottweiler - Ruth Rendell
- Code To Zero - Ken Follett
- Death in the Clouds - Agatha Christie (again). Is this why hubby is trying to persuade me we should take a flight from Panama?
- The Looking Glass War - John le Carre
- Blind Faith - Ben Elton
- Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie. Should I be worried that hubby is reading murder type books? Does he have a plan to stop me spending his money once and for all?
- The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver. Borrowed from wifey; as recommended by GRachel
- The Lamorna Wink - Martha Grimes. Picked up in a cafe book exchange in Taxco. An American author writing about Cornwall, she clearly has no clue.
- A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
- Dead Man's Mirror - Agatha Christie
- Man in the Iron Mask - Alexander Dumas
- Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
- Exit Music - Ian Rankin: last in the Rebus series
Films Watched While on Trip
- The Other Boleyn Girl (on flight from NYC, 24 June). Nowhere near as good as the book
- Kung Fu Panda (in Victor, 22 June. Very disappointing film)
- Sex in the City (in Amherst, 31 May. Enjoyed a lot, pity some other characters didn't get more action)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (in NYC, 23 May)
- Jumper - on a bus in Costa Rica. Even more rubbish!
- I Am Legend - on a bus in Mexico. Load of rubbish!
- Untraceable (in Palm Springs, 6 Feb)
- Cloverfield ( on a very wet afternoon in Santa Cruz, 25 Jan)
- National Treasures: Book of Secrets (in San Luis Obispo, 23 Jan)
- Sweeny Todd ( at Universal Studios, 18 Jan)
- The Simpsons (on plane over)
- Talk to Me (by hubby on plane over)
- Shrek 3 (on plane over)
- Oceans 13 (by hubby on plane over)
- Run, Fatboy, Run (both watched on plane over)
- Atonement (on plane over)
- Die Hard 4 (by hubby on plane over)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (in NYC on 23 May)
Books Read While On Trip
- The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
- Love Over Scotland - Alexander McCall Smith
- Pasta Imperfect - Maddy Hunter
- Mr Dixon Disappears - Ian Sansom (note from hubby - lets hope Ian Sansom disappears his first book was awful)
- Agatha Raisin and The Perfect Paragon - MC Beaton
- The Curse of the Pharoahs - Elizabeth Peters. Yet another series I've got sucked in to
- The Good Husband of Zebra Drive - Alexander McCall Smith. Lovely,as always, but not as good as others in the series
- Under Orders - Dick Francis. My first ever book by this author
- Crewel World - Monica Ferris. What a title for a mystery book sent in a needlework shop! Loved it
- The Same Sweet Girls - Cassandra King. Chick-lit for my fluffy brain
- Hamish Macbeth:Death of a Maid - MC Beaton. Another mystery series for me to get addicted to
- Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides. Took me forever to read, but I really enjoyed it
- The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve. Easy read = a good thing
- The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri. Liked this one
- The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan. not as good as the others of hers I've read
- Queen of Broken Hearts - Cassandra King
- Bon Bon Voyage - Nancy Fairbanks. Dreadful book!
- Agatha Raisin & the Deadly Dance - MC Beaton
- Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris. V funny, especially the bit about Americans being LOUD
- The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan
- Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom. Read it in a single two-hour sitting. Loved it.
- Boudica - Manda Scott. It's a whopper.
- Deception Point - Dan Brown. Needs must when there are no book shops in sight
- The Other Boleyn girl - Philippa Gregory
- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini. The latest book club book, NOT a light-hearted holiday read! But excellent nonetheless.
- The Hundred Secret Senses - Amy Tan. Liked this a lot, v funny
- Can You Keep a Secret - Sophie Kinsella. Typical chick-lit, just what I needed
- Alpine For You - Maddy Hunter. Murder in Switzerland. Got to love the title!
- The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver. Excellent book, many thanks for recommendation GM!
- The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Ann Mashares. Never heard of it before but liked the title; it was ok, but not brilliant. Reminded me of a Judy Blume...
- Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella. Trashy chick-lit; latest in the 'Shopaholic' series
- The History of Love - Nicole Klauss. Liked v much. A bit sad but v clever.
- A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon. V good book.
- Espresso Tales - Alexander McCall Smith. 2nd in the 44 Scotland St series
- Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson. Loved this book, would recommend totally. Wish I'd lived in the USA in the 1950s!
- Agatha Raisin & the Haunted House - MC Beaton. 14th in the Agatha Raisin series; enjoyed greatly, as always
- See Delphi & Die - Lindsey Davis. Umpteenth in the Falco series; not the best by a long way.
- The House at Riverton - Kate Morton. Liked this one v much
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