Back Porch Reading
Buried In Print2014-03-20T20:22:01-04:00Does lugging large stacks of books, in- and out-doors, count as daily exercise? Here is part of my stack of Toronto Reading that's off the shelves these days.
“Goodness and Mercy” Alice Munro
Buried In Print2014-07-11T17:16:42-04:00This title recalls Barbara's "Oranges and Apples" game, the idea of having to choose between two things. 1990; Penguin, 1991 It also echoes Anne having asked Matthew, en route to Green Gables: "Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically
“Pictures of the Ice” Alice Munro
Buried In Print2014-07-11T17:16:54-04:00It is often said that a single story by Alice Munro contains as much complexity as a novel written by another writer. 1990; Penguin, 1991 One might recall long stories like "Chaddeleys and Flemings" or expansive stories like "The Moon over the Orange Street Skating Rink" or, in
Jennifer Close’s The Smart One (2013)
Buried In Print2020-07-30T14:34:44-04:00Jennifer Close has a reputation for having nailed the whole young-woman's-coming-of-age thing in her first novel, Girls in White Dresses. And that, with the image of a young woman on the cover messing with the belt of her dress, brought Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep to my mind. Doubleday - Random
“Oranges and Apples” Alice Munro
Buried In Print2020-05-20T13:54:51-04:00At one time, Zeigler's Department Store had a grocery department and a hardware department, but no longer. 1990; Penguin, 1991 The store assortment has changed. The role of the department store has changed. Downtown Walley has changed. And, perhaps most significantly, Murray has changed. When the story opens, Murray's