Life on Mars, Again and Again

2017-07-24T15:24:28-04:00

When you've looked up a book title, have you ever been tempted by the other books you've found with the same title as the book for which you were searching? In adding Lori McNulty's debut short story collection to my online TBR list, I discovered several other books with the same

Life on Mars, Again and Again2017-07-24T15:24:28-04:00

Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine (1984)

2018-07-25T15:00:57-04:00

"Since writing Love Medicine, I have understood that I am writing one long book in which the main chapters are also books titled Tracks, Four Souls, The Bingo Palace, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse and The Painted Drum. The characters appear and disappear in my

Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine (1984)2018-07-25T15:00:57-04:00

2017 Africa Reading Challenge

2018-01-11T09:50:39-05:00

Even though Canada only has a land mass of 9.985 million km², reading works by Canadian writers comprises more than half of my reading. Meanwhile, Africa has a land mass of 30.37 million km² and less than 1% of my reading has come from the pens of African writers this year. Curious about that less-than-1%?

2017 Africa Reading Challenge2018-01-11T09:50:39-05:00

Mazo de la Roche’s Morning at Jalna (1960)

2020-06-01T07:48:13-04:00

Although the last of the Jalna books written, Morning at Jalna is only the second in the sequence. It is set while the civil war is raging in the southern United States, and readers are immediately informed that the Whiteoaks are sympathetic to the southerners. In school, during the 1970s

Mazo de la Roche’s Morning at Jalna (1960)2020-06-01T07:48:13-04:00

Adding to My Indigenous Reading List

2019-05-11T19:48:49-04:00

When I was musing on the possibilities for a reading list of indigenous authors, almost all of my favourites were fiction (just one memoir and some poetry snuck in). It just happened! But halfway through the reading year, I read the Summary Report of the Truth and Reconcilation Committee with my reading for

Adding to My Indigenous Reading List2019-05-11T19:48:49-04:00
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