Noelle Boughton's Margaret Laurence A Gift of Grace: A Spiritual Biography Women's Press, 2006 Margaret Laurence is one of my favourite writers and I keep half a reading eye on new biographical or critical work, so I knew that I was missing out on Donez Xiques' Margaret Laurence: The Making
T. F. Rigelhof's Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, The Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984 Cormorant Books Inc, 2010 Although I would struggle to choose my favourite kind of bookish book, one like this would certainly be a contender; it is not only a favourite kind of
Well, I've decided. (Decided what?) Partly because the host's reminder of the first round-up for participants has come around. Partly because I think I could have put off deciding for a year, so I felt a snap decision might be better, freeing me to obsess about next year's line-up guilt-free. Partly
I've been thinking a lot about my plans for this challenge because last year's was so satisfying. You know the feeling, when you've just finished a really good book? It's hard to follow up that reading experience: you can't choose something that you know will fall short of the freshly-set-satisfied
