A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore Bond Street Books, 2009 Earlier this year I picked through Self-Help, Moore's first collection of short stories, largely drawn from her Master's thesis, because somewhere I came across a reference to her story "How to Become a Writer", which made me think that
I've updated my March reads to the 2010 Books Read List and am ridiculously excited about April's reads. My March total looks a little unbelievable, but keep in mind that several (including the massive Fall on Your Knees) were rereads, five of my fresh reads were super-skinny, and eight were
1946; Persephone Books, 2009 The novel opens with Mrs. Deborah Robertson in bed with her husband; they are saying goodbye to one another before Graham goes overseas. War work: it's not the worst option, as Graham reminds Deborah; he will be relatively safe, as will she, living at
Ethel Wilson's Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories (Macmillan, 1961) One thing I regretted about February's reading was my having neglected to include a short story and in March I've been neglecting the books on my own shelves (in favour of newer, shinier books from the library). So before someone calls
It's partly because of the beautiful image, that I first saw posted here, and partly because I so recently enjoyed re-reading some childhood fantasy favourites, and partly because I've recently finished two other reading challenges for the year (Canada Reads and Canada Reads Independently), and partly because in taking a
