sacrifice and beauty
Sacrifice: Japanese pensioners volunteering to help at Fukushima plant. OK 'sacrifice' doesn't seem to be the correct word -- there is little risk of immediate danger -- but my sleep-deprived brain can't think of another one. Touches the heart, reading stuff like this. Gotta give props to the Japanese, dealing with such a huge disaster and I haven't seen any stories about looting/rioting/fighting etc.
Beauty:
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Reading challenge update:
(9) The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan. Typical Amy Tan that tugs at the heartstrings with the mother/daughter and Western/Eastern stuff.
(10) The Trumpet of the Swan, EB White. Cute but my adult brain did a lot of "really? A swan. Playing a trumpet. And can read and write. Really?!"
(11) Stuart Little, EB White. Same as above. And I did not like the ending. It ends quite abruptly, I thought.
(12) The Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kinsella. Easy read. Completely predictable and everything was tied up rather quickly at the end but what else does one expect?
Beauty:
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Reading challenge update:
(9) The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan. Typical Amy Tan that tugs at the heartstrings with the mother/daughter and Western/Eastern stuff.
(10) The Trumpet of the Swan, EB White. Cute but my adult brain did a lot of "really? A swan. Playing a trumpet. And can read and write. Really?!"
(11) Stuart Little, EB White. Same as above. And I did not like the ending. It ends quite abruptly, I thought.
(12) The Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kinsella. Easy read. Completely predictable and everything was tied up rather quickly at the end but what else does one expect?