http://lucypick.com Reading and Writing History and Fiction (and sometimes food) Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:40:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I finished this last night. I tried not to, I really did, because I knew that once I had turned the last page, I'd never experience the joy of reading this wonderful story for the first time ever again. But I couldn't help myself, I had ... http://lucypick.com/2008/08/11/diane-setterfield-the-thirteenth-tale/ Just got back last night after ten days at the cottage in the Eastern Townships with a side trip involving a night in Montreal and a weekend in Quebec City. Much good food was eaten and conviviality shared, but what struck me was the potential for good historical fiction ... http://lucypick.com/2008/08/03/im-back/ We all have bands that were the soundtrack for our lives at different points.  Yaz, or Yazoo as they were known in the UK (being Canadian I heard both and so am still thoroughly mixed up, as in so many things), was mine for those crucial end-of-high-school-beginning-of-college years.  Their career ... http://lucypick.com/2008/07/15/yaz/ Aw shucks, it's my first internet meme. It seems reading habit discussions are going around the internet these days. I got this from Teresa and there was a great post this morning on BookEnds on childhood reading. I'd love to hear your answers, either in the comments, ... http://lucypick.com/2008/07/09/reading-meme/ Cool, I won an award for blogging from my pal Julianne over at Writing the Renaissance. Now I get to nominate some of my favourite blogs in a wonderful blogging-pyramid scheme that will bring us all lots of lovely links, hoorah! I have a vague idea that these are supposed ... http://lucypick.com/2008/07/08/eeeeexcellent/ Yeah, I know everyone's seen it already. And it's a beer commercial. But have a happy Canada day anyway, eh? http://lucypick.com/2008/07/01/oh-canada/ You've finished all your Ken Folletts and Dorothy Dunnett is dead and you're sad because you're thinking you've already read every historical novel on the planet that is set in the Middle Ages? Fear not, for the good people at medieval-novels.com are here to show you just how unlikely ... http://lucypick.com/2008/06/28/medieval-historical-fiction/ As I mentioned below, the moment I saw the announcement for this book in Publisher's Marketplace, I thought it would be something I'd like and, believe me, that is something that happens far less often than I would expect.  Now I have finished it, and thought I would share some ... http://lucypick.com/2008/06/23/catherine-delors-mistress-of-the-revolution/ As if I didn't have enough lovely fiction to read, my favourite cookbook writing duo, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid have come up with a new one, Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China (Artisan, 2008), which i simply had to buy. When I say ... http://lucypick.com/2008/06/17/beyond-the-great-wall/ ...And where I first learned about them.  My local independent bookstore has a sale every year, and I use it as a time to buy books by new authors, as well as some old favourites. I thought it might be fun to list them, and to try to figure out ... http://lucypick.com/2008/06/12/books-i-bought-last-week/