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I took pieces of the walks suggested within; specifically the Bloomsbury and Soho and City walks. Was a good resource, not particularly great for a time-pressed visitor, but perhaps for a Londoner. Highlights from my walks included actually getting to tour 44 Bedford Square (Lady Ottoline's house where V. Woolf...
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Much appreciated guidebook to London-- broken out by neighborhood, and goes into great detail where needed (such as Westminister Abbey, British Museum, National Gallery, etc.)...
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Awesome first person account of long distance swimming in sub 40s temperatures. Lynne details her swims, starting from the 3 hour swim through a hailstorm as a 9 year old, to her first attempt from Catalina to LA, crossing the English Channel with record breaking speed, 10 mile swims through...
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Another great quick read from JK! Most of the plot rumbled along flatly until the last hundred or so action packed pages. Romance in the air, Harry growing up and talking back to teachers and second guessing Dumbledore, the characters are definitely changing. Major character's death, as promised. Can't wait...
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Good Business
by lz in Reading on 16Aug2005
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Flow
by lz in Reading Archive on 14Aug2005
Although it took me 10 months to meander through this book, this isn't a reflection of the book's interestingness or quality, but rather a reflection on my inability to focus. Every time I would pick this up to read a chapter over the last few months, waves of calm washed...
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Last Sunday, I took the facinating Dogpatch/Potrero Point walking tour with the SF CityGuides....
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I hugely enjoyed Helprin's collection of short stories (The Pacific), so am trying him on for longer stories. So far so good. ***** Helprin is a yummy, aesthetically pleasing writer-- these were great stories from the war (WWI), set in Italy and Austria/Hungary. Some very surreal moments, such as the...
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