“Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who’s been dead for a century.
Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya’s normal life might actually be worse. She’s embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she’s pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend—even a ghost—is just what she needs.
Or so she thinks. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya’s Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author/artist Vera Brosgol.” - Goodreads
I liked it. It was a quick read, and a little spooky. I really liked Anya’s evolution as a character too. 4/5 stars
#111: Read “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Lawson
“Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his "World's Fair Hotel" just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.
The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before.” -Goodreads
I liked it, but it was hard to get into. The H.H. Holmes part was quite interesting. 3/5 stars.
We took my nephew to to the new Royal Alberta museum a couple months ago. They have an entire room of gems and rocks. Their feature exhibit was Vikings. It was kind of interesting. My nephew only liked the Natural History part of the museum because he loves animals.
This means I have 33 months left on my national student loan. I can’t remember how long I have for my provincial one, but I’m hoping to make a lump sum payment and pay it off in 2019.
I made these as a Christmas gift. I can’t give it to the people until like February, but they’re in China so I don’t think she’s going to see this. They don’t look amazing, but they were my first time doing scarves like this.
I took my nephew and his mom to the Sea Life Caverns at WEM. He was 9 months old and did not care about anything except the penguins. Sharks? Who cares. Snakes? Who cares. Penguins? This is all I care about. These are the best things on this planet.
It was smaller than I expected and maybe not quite worth the $$ but I still had a good time.
#226: Visit Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre in Whistler
I forgot to post this back in June when I actually did it!
The Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre is a First Nations museum in Whistler, BC. There were some really interesting things inside. It's always cool to learn about other cultures.
I did it! Whoot! My final two were Mr Mime and Kangaskhan. Thank God for this gen 1 event we are currently having. And also trading.
I'm so happy that I finally finished gen 1. Now to move on with my life... just waiting for the rest of gen 2 and 3 to come out, then gen 4 is right around the corner.
