Cold enough for snow

Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

After reading few pages I got impression that I was unintentionally listening to a conversation of two unknown women.
Conversation was lacking any spirit.
I skipped pages and tried to find spirit in few other places - did not succeed.
I put the book away.

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The Rich Man's House

The Rich Man's House by Andrew McGahan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Did I rate it *** -  that means - Liked it?
Unbelievable - I hated it after few pages and then more and more.

Why I hated it?

For total extravagance - the richest man, mountain 3 times higher than the real mountains.

Of course such extremities have consequences - some unimaginable residence, detailed description of issues facing climbers on altitude over 12,000 m, etc, etc.

So why I read it?
Because it was very well written - very good structure - chapters meander between reports from few hundred years ago to more recent times, mixture of historical characters with fiction.
Probably after reading some 65% of the book I got idea what to expect at the end and I was close to the correct answer.
From the other perspective - I was absolutely not interested in the layout of the residence, facilities available etc so I hurriedly scanned many pages.
Also I do not like reading about suffering - again - number of pages skipped.
Final conclusion - Andrew McGahan is a good writer - hopefully his other books are easier to digest.
I will try.

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Notre Dame

 Last week I received a great proposal - our granddaughter Gracie had day free and she wished to spend it with Dziadzia.
Excellent!
Jump on the tram...

And watch where it will bring you....

What is this?
Let's go inside (Immigration Museum).
At the information desk we received a histopad - ryve smart device which allowed us to see what happened in and around Notre Dame Cathedral starting from the beginning in year 1161 to the tragic fire in 2018 and then a restoration which ended few weeks ago.

There were also large pictures on the walls...

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We had great one and half hour of exploration.
At the end the Cathedral looked like New...

And in the street, under our feet - this we cannot restore we have to wait for the Nature...

And above our heads.... buildings, some of them already swollen...

Great time :)