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Reading Now: We Are Water by Wally Lamb
Last Read:
Far To Go by Alison Pick
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
To the End of the Land by David Grossman
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Babylon and Other Stories by Alix Ohlin
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Rosie Project
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Son by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Requiem by Frances Itani
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards (abandoned - so bleak)
Astray by Emma Donoghue
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
The Teacher's Daughter by Richard B. Wright
The Confederacy of Dunces by John Toole Kennedy
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Dear Life by Alice Munro
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
The Selected Short Fiction of Lisa Moore
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Round House by Louise ErdrichBook Club Book:
Requiem by Frances Itani
Category Archives: books
Book Club Choice
Thank you everyone for taking the time to vote for my book club’s next read. Thanks also for the many great book suggestions that you sent that weren’t on my original list. I have noted them all because I’m always looking … Continue reading
Book Club – Help Please!
It’s my turn to host my next book club night, and I am having a difficult time choosing the book. The members of my book club are smart, funny, and completely unpretentious, and I want to choose something that most … Continue reading
Happy One Year of Blog Writing to Me, and I Don’t Know How to Spell Bloggiversary
One year ago today I posted my very first blog post. I like that my bloggiversary falls right at New Year’s because it is a retrospective time of the year. When I started writing my blog, I had no focus … Continue reading
Thank Goodness A Book Meme! NaBloPoMo Day23
I didn’t know what I was going to write about for tomorrow’s daily blog post, so I was most grateful to come across this book meme, as posted by a Facebook friend. I know that I have already done one … Continue reading
Canada Reads: NaBloPoMo # 4
I am participating in National Blog Posting Month, NaBloPoMo, where I will be posting every day in the month of November Recently Dani, from Postcards from the Mothership, wrote a post about CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. Canada Reads has existed … Continue reading
Abandoning Wolf Hall
Do you ever give up on a book that you start? I used to never, ever. I would plow my way through until the bitter end, even if I was bored to tears not engaged, and I would derive some … Continue reading
A Moveable Feast
Last night was book club night. Oh how I love book club night. It is the most civilized event that I attend regularly, and for a few hours I can almost forget that I have a busy life, a messy … Continue reading
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
This blog post is a mess but I’m going to post it anyway I’m a newer member of my book club, and my first time hosting took place this week. I must admit that I was worrying just a little … Continue reading
Books in Canada
In the Ottawa Citizen on the weekend there was a Canadian booksellers list of the top books of the decade. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Canadian+Bookseller+Best+Decade+list/2400939/story.html The source is a bit lacklustre (the major bookselling company in Canada, you know who I’m talking about), but … Continue reading