Also inflating this year’s reading list, but escaping the burdensome Must-Read List, are my choices for the Shelf Discovery Challenge. My 2008 Reading Project was to focus on children’s and young adult literature and I used that as an excuse to revisit a lot of my old favourites, so when
I intuitively gravitate towards Canlit. A third of the books I read last year were been penned by Canadian writers and I’m aiming to be an Igloo for The Canadian Book Challenge. Not only does that feel suitably wintry (and I’m writing this on a wintry Canadian afternoon, the sky
The thing about my readolutions is that they are never simple. So, yes, there's this concise list of 12 books, casually distributed across various categories of interest that I declare I must read in 2010. But this tidy list only hints at other lists. For instance, there are 3 Canlit
I’ve been making Readolutions for as long as I can remember, but my handwritten reading lists have been lost. It wasn’t until 2003 that I started to make the lists on the computer rather than crouched on the floor next to the bookcases, scribbling furiously, certain that the year ahead
Mini Update Sticky Post: July 10, 2026. If you're looking to catch up? Check out my reflections on 2025's reading, and plans for 2026. My latest addition to my #ShelfofMexico, and Spanish-language writers in general, is Jose Saramago's The Notebook (translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Daniel Hahn). And I've finally
