This summer I was still Buried in Print, but only chatted about it three days a week; daily bookishness resumed August 30 and all of the regular features will resume in September. After four months of Bookish Fridays, September 3 will be the last installment in that series. But don’t cry: the focus on short stories will continue, on Mondays and Thursdays. And September kicks off with the first of ten — yup, ten — IFOA Wednesdays. That’s ten Wednesdays stuffed with all-things-International-Festival-of-Authors).
It’s nice to see you: I hope you’ll say hello and come back again!
Welcome to the world of book blogging! I just came across your site via Thomas at My Porch. A glance at your blog and your list of favourites…..and I notice we seem to like a lot of the same books. There are quite a number you’ve also mentioned that I’ve never heard of. I’m definitely going to look them up. Looking forward to reading more from you!
Thanks muchly, Mrs. B. We do seem to have quite a few shared favourites; I’m looking forward to adding to my TBR list based on the new-to-me names on your blog as well!
Great site. It’ll take me a while to wade through it, but I’m looking forward to reuniting a bit with my Canadian literary roots.
And I love the Carol Shields quote!
Thanks for stopping by! And right back atcha re: your Robertson Davies quote: cats and books, timeless combo.
Hey welcome – its a fun world. Came here because I was looking at the Pat Barker reviews, I brought Regeneration a few days ago.
Thanks, Jessica. I hope reading Regeneration is a good experience for you: I really do feel that reading the trilogy changed the way in which I approach fiction with sad, serious subjects.
I think the lit-blogging world will be all the richer for having you in it. I just spent the last hour browsing past posts when I absolutely should have been working on coursework instead. What is most impressive though are all your book-lists! I’m a sucker for a list too and I can see I’m going to spend hours trawling them for new reading ideas.
Thank you for commenting at Alexandria, by the way, I’m going to go back through your Orange Prize posts and comment when I have a bit more time to devote.
Thanks, Victoria: I’ll try to port over some more of my booklists to interfere with your coursework to the maximum degree. It does seem as though our reading tastes align more often than not, which is dangerous for our TBR lists indeed.
I have similar aspiration to read some of the Orange Prize fiction. I do have to chime in that you have breathed some reading ideas in me.
Thanks, Matt: I’m learning about some other longlists that are tempting as well, but what was set the Orange Prize reading apart for me, so far, is that I haven’t yet been disappointed by a book put forward for it. I’m sure I’ll be adding to my list of prize-winning obsessions in no time!
I’d like to ask if you receive books for review. I’m the publicist for Goose Lane Editions, and we have a few fall books I think you’d like.
Let me know at credekop[at]gooselane[dot]com.