Hi Naomi — just saw your comment thanks. Yeah the water was very high on the St. Lawrence River; it had flooded many properties. But we had a good time in Ontario! The Glass Castle was an excellent book; not sure if I’ll see the movie at a theater. I’ll likely wait till it’s on rental.

Hi Jane, you’re correct : A Separation is quite ponderous. I thought The Glass Castle had quite a bit of powerful writing to it — which surprised me. It is worth it. I will be stopping by your site soon to see how your trip to Hadrian’s Wall went. Cheers!

I like memoirs but it would take really powerful writing for me to get into the type of down-and-out story in The Glass Castle.

I like the premise of A Separation, but it sounds ponderous.

Thanks John, yeah it was a great trip. Wish we could’ve taken Stella with us. I’m still quite chicken to fly her in cargo on an airline. She’s never flown yet.

Hi Deepika, thanks for stopping by. Cottaging is big in Canada — I’m just trying to be like the locals, LOL. Hope you are well. 🙂

Hi Vivien! We had a fun time but we didn’t bring Stella — I was too afraid to fly her. We missed the fireworks in Kingston as it was a bit of a crowded zoo — we were there for dinner but then went back to the island. Cottaging was great! Glad to hear you liked The Glass Castle too. Wow it was nuts! Hope your summer is good. take care.

Thanks Judy. I agree: Jeannette Walls is a fabulous writer. I was surprised by the power of the whole thing. I think you might like A Separation — lots of inner thoughts to it. Hope the fires will go out and won’t be too near you. It’s always quite alarming.