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Reading Now: We Are Water by Wally Lamb
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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
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Oh, hi
Oh hi, remember me? I used to blog here sometimes. When I stop doing something for a while, it’s really hard to start again. Running and blogging are both good examples of this. When I haven’t been running, putting on … Continue reading
Embarrassed
I was in the drug store recently buying a few things. I asked for help because I couldn’t find my favourite tinted moisturizer. (It had been discontinued – how does that happen??) Anyhow, the sales person helped me pick out … Continue reading
Not a Shopper
This is my new favourite shirt. I bought it on the Champs Elysées. Well La DEE Da. At H&M. Soon to be available at a mall near you. Note all of the RED that it has on it… for those … Continue reading
Some Summer Things We Did
Well I have been doing some writing, just not here. Anyway, here are some things that happened this summer. I hope yours was great too.
Breaks. And Cronuts.
It has been a good weekend. My daughters, who I love and adore to bits, are away at sleepaway camp and I won’t lie, it’s a good break and rest for everyone. I miss them and think of them, but … Continue reading
My Daughter Has Been Doing Some Reading
The other night I was tucking 11-year-old Niamh into bed where I found her curled up with my laptop. I’m reading your short stories she said. I like them. Earlier in the evening I had opened a file containing 5 … Continue reading
Look What We Did Today
She’s eleven going on twenty-five now. We are sending the ponytail off to one of the organizations listed on the Canadian Cancer Society’s website. Thanks to Stella for inspiring Niamh to grow her hair. It was a great experience. … Continue reading
Bird Attack
Remember when birds were attacking runners on the canal last summer? Yeah, it turns out it’s not as fun as it sounds. I was walking to work last Friday morning and I wasn’t anywhere near the canal. I was on a … Continue reading
Allergies
My eleven-year old daughter wrote a series of poems as part of a poetry project. This was my favourite. Allergies You do not know what it is like to check what is in everything you eat. You do not know … Continue reading
This is what Mother’s Day is all about
Eleven-year-old Niamh gave me a Mother’s day poem on Sunday that I loved more than I can possibly describe. It was written in French, and talked about what kind of flower I would be if I were a flower (an … Continue reading