Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. Carol Shields Republic of Love

In My Bookbag: June 2012

June has been a month of dabbling. It has also been a month of magazines (and for good reason).

The only book which has consistently made an appearance in my bookbag? A Game of Thrones.

More than anything? I’ve been reading short stories. Alice Munro (but you knew that), Audrey Thomas, Elizabeth Crane. But I don’t [...]