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August has been a comfort-reading month. Lots of rereads as I try to distract myself with the light and fluffy stuff. The Boston trip also made for lots of museums 'n stuff...
Books:
* Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong (reread), since I remembered next to nothing about the plot
* Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong - which of course got me on a spree of reading these...
* No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong (reread)
* Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner - after reading a short story with these characters, I had to pick up the book... there's just something about her characters that speaks to me.
* The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
* The Truth by Terry Pratchett - entertaining, but not one of my favorites
* Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (reread) - I was reading short stories and a few of these characters were referenced... which of course made me want to reread the book.
* Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey (reread) - because they're one of the few Lackey books I haven't read a thousand times, though the first one made me remember why, being very unrefined and awkward in spots
* Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey (reread)
* Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey (reread)
Movies:
* Dancing Across Borders (2010) - documentary about a Cambodian boy who is brought to the United States to learn ballet... interesting concept but the film-making left quite a bit to be desired.
* One Big Hapa Family (2010) - another documentary, this one about the prevalence of mixed marriages in Japanese-Canadian families... interesting but it was far too long (one of those LotR-type endings)
* Summer Wars (2009) - anime with a very convoluted concept. Not entirely sure I liked it.
Museums 'n Stuff:
* the Newport Mansions: specifically Green Animals Topiary Garden (which was in a sad state and was a vast disappointment), Marble House (always overwhelming with its over-the-top luxury) and Kingscote (my personal favorite, since it was a much more modest dwelling filled with items from around the world, not to mention the absolutely gorgeous dining room with Tiffany glass wall and cork ceilings...)
* USS Constitution Museum (and boat). Lots of fun for children, great interactives including a focus on who would have been a sailor and how they (and their families) would have lived...
* Boston Museum of Fine Arts - impressive galleries, beautiful but with that same cold feel as most of the large museums. We visited the antiquities areas, of course, as well as the Asian and Islamic art.
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - an eccentric gem of a museum that has become my second choice for an internship opportunity. Quirky and beautiful and wide-ranging.
* Canadian Museum of Nature (again). I can't help loving the photography exhibits. I wasn't impressed by the Extreme Mammals exhibit though.
* Cumberland Heritage Village Museum - finally got to see it when it was open; sadly, children have gone back to school so it was pretty deserted. There were less buildings than I remembered, but the man in the Foubert House was particularly interesting, quizzing us on the multiple uses of tin ceilings and coal leavings...
Books:
* Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong (reread), since I remembered next to nothing about the plot
* Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong - which of course got me on a spree of reading these...
* No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong (reread)
* Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner - after reading a short story with these characters, I had to pick up the book... there's just something about her characters that speaks to me.
* The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
* The Truth by Terry Pratchett - entertaining, but not one of my favorites
* Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (reread) - I was reading short stories and a few of these characters were referenced... which of course made me want to reread the book.
* Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey (reread) - because they're one of the few Lackey books I haven't read a thousand times, though the first one made me remember why, being very unrefined and awkward in spots
* Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey (reread)
* Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey (reread)
Movies:
* Dancing Across Borders (2010) - documentary about a Cambodian boy who is brought to the United States to learn ballet... interesting concept but the film-making left quite a bit to be desired.
* One Big Hapa Family (2010) - another documentary, this one about the prevalence of mixed marriages in Japanese-Canadian families... interesting but it was far too long (one of those LotR-type endings)
* Summer Wars (2009) - anime with a very convoluted concept. Not entirely sure I liked it.
Museums 'n Stuff:
* the Newport Mansions: specifically Green Animals Topiary Garden (which was in a sad state and was a vast disappointment), Marble House (always overwhelming with its over-the-top luxury) and Kingscote (my personal favorite, since it was a much more modest dwelling filled with items from around the world, not to mention the absolutely gorgeous dining room with Tiffany glass wall and cork ceilings...)
* USS Constitution Museum (and boat). Lots of fun for children, great interactives including a focus on who would have been a sailor and how they (and their families) would have lived...
* Boston Museum of Fine Arts - impressive galleries, beautiful but with that same cold feel as most of the large museums. We visited the antiquities areas, of course, as well as the Asian and Islamic art.
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - an eccentric gem of a museum that has become my second choice for an internship opportunity. Quirky and beautiful and wide-ranging.
* Canadian Museum of Nature (again). I can't help loving the photography exhibits. I wasn't impressed by the Extreme Mammals exhibit though.
* Cumberland Heritage Village Museum - finally got to see it when it was open; sadly, children have gone back to school so it was pretty deserted. There were less buildings than I remembered, but the man in the Foubert House was particularly interesting, quizzing us on the multiple uses of tin ceilings and coal leavings...
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