"Reluctant Genius...Alexander Graham Bell" by Charlotte Gray

The book was enjoyable in parts, but I found other parts to be too pedantic and filled with details that didn't interest me in the least. I don't read many biographies, so I'm not sure if this is par for the course, as far as biographies go. At least now I understand Alexander Graham Bell's relationship to Canada.

"The Loved One" by Evelyn Waugh

I enjoyed this satire of the funeral industry much more this time than when I read it as a teen. I didn't at all mind that the woman committed suicide rather than choosing her true love. I guess I've lost the dewey-eyed romanticism of my youth.

"Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Peter Hoeg

A pretty decent book, though I enjoyed it much more the first time I read it. I guess the novelty factor is gone. The characters were a bit tricky to follow because their names were so similar and sometimes the translation was clunky. And I guess Smilla is no longer unique in the role of a strong, edgy female protagonist. Also, the book made me sad because it revolved around the death of a boy of Lucas' age.