Room

Donoghue, E. (2010). Room. London:Picador.

Grey Granite recommended this book after reading the Boy with the Striped Pyjamas. It was a compulsive read. However, at the beginning, all Dr Anne could think of was the Flowers in the Attic that she read in the 1980s which she remembered as a bizarre tale. She also kept thining of the Austrian guy who imprisoned his daughter in the cellar and fathered numberous children and the girl who was imprisoned in Vienna. Dr Anne agrees with the critics that the story is powerful.

She awards 7/10 for this read.

April 2nd

When Dr Anne awoke this morning there was torrential rain such that she took her car to the dancing classes. However when the afternoon arrived:

The sun was shining.

The wind had gone.

It was warm.

Dr Anne headed outdoors to tend to the hostas but it was damp and cool up there.

She headed for the sunny side of the garden. There was a bit of digging. There was a bit of pruning. The hours just slipped away. The belly was rumbling so tea time...

April Fool's Day

It is April 1.

The sun is shining.

It was 19c @ Kinloss.

Dr Anne cut and raked the grass. The mower cut out at the end.

Dr Anne planted pansies which have been pot bound waiting for action.

The laptop has crashed so photos will follow.