Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms Warner, 2003 Last Sunday I mentioned Nalo Hopkinson's 2003 novel, The Salt Roads; today I've got her 2007 novel The New Moon's Arms on the book-brain. I finished reading it on the front porch on an exceptionally lovely summer afternoon, the sort which is
P.K. Page's The Old Woman and the Hen Illus. Jim Westergard The Porcupine's Quill, 2009 I wasn't planning to include a Once Upon a Time read for this Saturday. I thought last Saturday's Silverwing would have been my last. And what a fine final read that turned out to be.
John Baxter's Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict Random House (UK), 2002 Welcome to another bookish Friday. I chose John Baxter's work for two reasons: first, it was a gift from a bookish friend some years ago and I wanted to take some proper time with it because
Joan Barfoot's Dancing in the Dark Macmillan, 1982 (not the image shown) When I re-read Abra earlier this month, I mentioned that it felt both quiet and revolutionary at the same time. The narrator's self-discovery is relayed through the filter of memory, and the bulk of the action is internal,
There's so much chatter in Blogland about which is more helpful: a positive or negative review. I wondered whether this was one of those questions that I might answer differently on any given day. Like "Favourite Author" or "Favourite Book". Such a response is so mood-dependent. Ask me today --
