*falls over*
Nov. 28th, 2007 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
electriclandI have actually read three two of this year's Canada Reads finalists already: Brown Girl In the Ring, King Leary, and Not Wanted on the Voyage. This never happens.
All three Both are good. (Admittedly, I read the last two in high school, but I remember enjoying them it.) Clearly I need to take a stab at the other two three, then I will be equipped to follow the arguments in a fully informed state!
(Er. Oops. My mistake. I haven't read King Leary. Everyone else has read King Leary, so it was a natural mistake. The Paul Quarrington book I've read is Logan in Overtime. Which I enjoyed. Never mind, the original thrust of the post stands.)
Went to see Blithe Spirit at Soulpepper last night with my parents and their visitor. Enjoyed it very much (I've never seen it before). I thought the actress playing Elvira was maybe a little older than the character was written, but she was so good it didn't really matter. Gorgeous set, all black and white and grey and the ghost in red.
We were a bit concerned we wouldn't be able to see it thanks to the blackout. Very strange indeed driving around downtown with no lights. I called the theatre at around 6:30 and their message said "if we have power by 7:30, the show will go on as scheduled". So we went for dinner in the Beaches. No message when we called at 7:30 because so many stupid people had evidently ignored the "please do not leave a message" part that we were now getting "the mailbox is full", so I called Jen and asked her to please check the news and see if the power was back on. And it was.
(Er. Oops. My mistake. I haven't read King Leary. Everyone else has read King Leary, so it was a natural mistake. The Paul Quarrington book I've read is Logan in Overtime. Which I enjoyed. Never mind, the original thrust of the post stands.)
Went to see Blithe Spirit at Soulpepper last night with my parents and their visitor. Enjoyed it very much (I've never seen it before). I thought the actress playing Elvira was maybe a little older than the character was written, but she was so good it didn't really matter. Gorgeous set, all black and white and grey and the ghost in red.
We were a bit concerned we wouldn't be able to see it thanks to the blackout. Very strange indeed driving around downtown with no lights. I called the theatre at around 6:30 and their message said "if we have power by 7:30, the show will go on as scheduled". So we went for dinner in the Beaches. No message when we called at 7:30 because so many stupid people had evidently ignored the "please do not leave a message" part that we were now getting "the mailbox is full", so I called Jen and asked her to please check the news and see if the power was back on. And it was.
