Amazing Photos in In Focus’ Afghanistan in May

Chinook helicopter with paratroopers

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May 30 2011

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May 31 2011

A building in Banciao in the rain 221/365

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Mid May Books

I’m almost finished with House of Suns by one of my favorite authors, Alastair Reynolds. I bought the book yesterday and devoured it. I ordered a bunch of books at the bookstore, all of them sci-fi. (The Prefect, Zoe’s Tale, The Temporal Void, Anathem)

I had started Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler a while ago, but it took me about 150 pages before I really got into it. Like most books which feature an ensemble cast, sometimes it’s easy to get lost and not understand what you are reading. Still, it was a really good read.
May reading

House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Dieu porte-t-il des lunettes noires? by Maurice Dantec
Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
The Glass Harp by Truman Capote
Howard’s End by E.M. Forster
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M Forster
The Snake Charmer by Sanjay Nigam

April reading

The Lighthouse by P.D. James
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Les hommes qui n’aimaient pas les femmes by Steig Larsson
La fille qui rêvait d’un bidon d’essence et d’une allumette by Steig Larsson
La reine dans le palais des courants d’air by Steig Larsson

March reading

Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Cosmos Incorporated by Maurice Dantec

February reading

Seven Silent Men by Noel Behn
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold [due to become a Peter Jackson movie]

January reading

Final Account by Peter Robinson
The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt
Samarcande by Amin Maalouf
Devil’s Claw by J.A. Jance
Pilgrim by Timothy Findley
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The High Window by Raymond Chandler
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

book count: 33

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