I finished Snow Falling on Cedars last night and I was really caught up in it by the end. I could see then why the author had set things up in the detailed way he had. San Piedro Island had become a real place to me by the denouement, and when I looked up it was almost surprising not to be in the middle of a terrible snowstorm.
I still had time for The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, which is only 121 pages long. Bennett writes amusingly of the Queen taking up reading, and there were several laugh-out-loud moments. Things get a little more serious as the book goes on, with the author imagining how singular it must be to be the Queen, and there is an excellent conclusion.
Rescue cat 'Fishtopher' undergoes ameowzing transformation from “saddest
cat” in the shelter to purrfectly happy after getting adopted: ‘To be loved
is to be changed’
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The only thing that brings us more joy than before and after adoption
pictures is opening a new tub of cookie-dough ice cream. And since we're
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