Month: August 2014
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L’Abattoir (Vancouver)
For a variety of reasons (mostly due to a Disney cruise to Alaska by the kids and Jim’s mom and nephew), we found ourselves in Vancouver (that’s in Canada) for a few days. In addition to discovering the flagship Fluevog shoe store (a story for another time), we discovered wonderful food of all cuisines during…
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Book review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is classified as Young Adult fiction, but it is so much more than that. The plot is fairly simple–a young woman is caught by the Gestapo in occupied France and is writing her story about how she ended up as a…
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Book review: The Serpent’s Shadow by Mercedes Lackey
The Serpent’s Shadow by Mercedes Lackey My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have not read any Mercedes Lackey in quite some time (I really loved her Valdemar books), and I was thrilled to discover that she was as good as ever in “The Serpent’s Shadow.” (Being OCD, I will have to go back and…
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Book review: The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book really deserves a bifurcated rating. I give the actual story–the history–5 stars. Recovering and preserving the priceless art that the Nazis looted during their march through Europe is a…