Just finished "Moonwalking with Einstein" by Josh Foer.

Foer does seems to be in vogue in journalism right now by becoming immersed in his subject, trying to become a Great Rememberer while he studies the technique; but how he writes about it is not only highly entertaining and funny, but informative and inventive.

I've even tried this "Memory Palace" technique myself recently, and found it very helpful in remembering names (whcih can be my downfall).

Highly recommend this one.

Just finished Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt.

 Very highly recommended overall. My quibble would be for me alone in that for me it feels very self consciously Canadian. With a capital C. Though I wonder if that's only because I'm both too close and too far away from the issue? Too close, because I've been hearing (lectured at) about the Canadian Identity (as it relates specifically to The Two Solitudes) since I was a kid, but too far away because being further away from the Quebec/Ontario border leaves me with less of an emotional connection to those problems.  Still, I liked everything else, I liked the main character and I really liked the writing.

I wonder if someone from outside of Canada might get more from the book? When I read a novel set in Britain I love all of those details that might seem inane and obvious to the people actually living there and I think it might be the same with non-Canadians with this book. Interesting question at least.

The Complete Peanuts 1973 & 1974.