Summer Reading, Notes on a Sunday
Buried In Print2014-03-20T21:25:44-04:00Or, not so much notes, as plans...
Re-reading Year of the Flood, Notes on a Saturday
Buried In Print2019-08-28T13:07:45-04:00Last Saturday, I sat down, spoiled with treats from the farmers' market, to re-read Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. Today is the day I get reacquainted with The Year of the Flood. And I'm certainly not the only one who's spending time with the books in the trilogy this weekend; here's
Miriam Sorrell’s Mouthwatering Vegan (2013)
Buried In Print2014-07-11T16:11:30-04:00Miriam Sorrell's Mouthwatering Vegan: Over 130 Irresistible Recipes for Everyone is 1/3 cup enticing, 1/3 cup sophisticated, and 1/3 cup inspirational. Appetite - Random House of Canada, 2013 And it never hurts to have a blurb from Sir Paul McCartney: "In a world where more and more people are considering a meat-free
Saleema Nawaz’ Bone and Bread (2013)
Buried In Print2014-03-20T21:23:23-04:00Before I began reading Bone and Bread, I read Mother Superior, Saleema Nawaz's debut, a collection of stories. House of Anansi, 2013 About "Bloodlines", I noted: "S keeps Khalsa (pure, according to Sikh law) and B does not, so B grows larger and S grows smaller, above a Montreal bagel
Nadeem Aslam’s Season of the Rainbirds (1993)
Buried In Print2014-03-20T21:22:03-04:00His literary biography is impressive at-a-glance. Even this, his first novel, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Maps for Lost Lovers won the Kiriyama Prize. And he's received a Lannan Literary Fellowship. 1993; Anchor Canada - Random House of Canada, 2013 For readers, these are indications of quality,