Apr
23
2008
Author: Ron Hansen
ISBN: 0285637541 DDC: 813.54
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He was growing into middle age and was living then in a bungalow on Woodland Avenue. Green weeds split the porch steps, a wasp nest clung to an attic gable, a rope swing looped down from a dying elm tree and the ground below it was scuffed soft as flour.
I think this is one of the rare cases where watching the film version improves your enjoyment of the novel. Maybe because for certain passages I could really here the narrator from the film while I was reading. I think that this might make an excellent audio book. Then again, I’ve never listened to an audio book, so what do I know.
In case you didn’t pick the basic plot up from the title of this novel 
it revolves around the infamous Jesse James and his murderer Robert “Bob” Ford.
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Apr
13
2008
I’m still not totally on board with the new Wordpress layout. I think long term it’ll turn out to be handy, but at the moment I’m still getting used to it.
I’m also still thinking about what to read for this year’s Once Upon a Time Challenge. Carl’s deadline for participating isn’t til Midsummer’s Eve, so i have a bit of time left, and a fair few books I think’ll fit sitting on the “I really should start reading” pile. But I’ve also almost finished two other books, final few chapters yet I can’t seem to get motivated enough to pick them up, which is surprising, as one[1] is very very good.
As you can see I’ve changed the theme, but I’m not sure if it’ll stay for long. I may see about altering the header image. Not hugely, but a tad. We’ll see.
Anything else? Erm… not really so I’m off now.
Linknotes:
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford ↩
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