Nicole Brossard's Fences in Breathing, Translated from the French (2007), Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood Coach House Books, 2009 Today's bookish book was an easy choice because I had chosen Nicole Brossard as one of the writers whose feminist writing I wanted to explore for this year's Women Unbound Reading Challenge and
Maureen Jennings' Except the Dying St. Martin's Press, 1997 M&S, 2004 Remember when I said that I'd be reading mysteries and classics this summer? Well, I'm doing a great job of reading those mysteries. The classics are definitely taking a backseat. It's been hot; we've been busy (bike-riding, playing games, learning
Cara Black's Murder in Belleville Soho Press,2000 If I'd had any doubts about whether Cara Black's mystery series would be a good choice with which to celebrate Paris in July, the blurbs on the second Aimée Leduc mystery would have cinched the deal. Val McDermid writes: "If you've always wanted
Wendy Werris' An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books Carroll & Graf, 2006 This is the final read that completes my plans for the Bibliophilic Challenge; I am still reading bookish books and chatting about them on Fridays, but my duties as a Litlover are complete
Some of you mentioned here how frustrating it can be to have your reading choices questioned or criticized because of other readers' reading prejudices. You know those readers, the ones who say "Fantasy stories? I grew out of those" or "Mysteries? I've never read one". Yup, those readers. Here's a
