November 2023 #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month Week Two: November 8-14

2023-11-09T11:03:53-05:00

Happy Week Two, MARM-ers. The clocks were turned back on the weekend, so it’s dark before five, but no snow quite yet. Most of the bigger trees have lost all their leaves but the sun is shining brightly this afternoon, while I’m munching on roasted pumpkin seeds and thinking

November 2023 #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month Week Two: November 8-142023-11-09T11:03:53-05:00

Autumn 2022, In My Reading Log (1 of 2): Illustrations and Poems,

2022-11-14T16:16:37-05:00

Earlier this year, I resolved to take a closer look at the graphic novels and poetry collections accumulating on my library “saved lists” and my digital TBR “shelves”. Those lists have lengthened rather than shortened, but there’s been plenty of good reading along the way. In Just So Happens by

Autumn 2022, In My Reading Log (1 of 2): Illustrations and Poems,2022-11-14T16:16:37-05:00

Read Indies: Soho Press

2022-02-10T10:30:31-05:00

Who? Where? “Soho Press is an independent book publisher based in Manhattan. Founded in 1986, Soho publishes 80-90 books a year across its Soho Press, Soho Crime and Soho Teen lists, and is known for introducing bold literary voices, award-winning international crime fiction, and groundbreaking young adult fiction. “From

Read Indies: Soho Press2022-02-10T10:30:31-05:00

Connecting Thread: From Colonialism to Corrosion (5 of 5)

2022-02-07T10:04:49-05:00

I’ve been following a thread through this year’s reading for the past four days, from Roe to Revolution, Revolution to Secrecy, Secrecy to Corruption, Corruption to Colonialism, and now, linking from one fiction about labour and status to another, moving from Colonialism to Corrosion. Did you guess from yesterday’s

Connecting Thread: From Colonialism to Corrosion (5 of 5)2022-02-07T10:04:49-05:00

Connecting Thread: From Revolution to Secrecy (2 of 5)

2021-12-27T14:57:43-05:00

Picking up yesterday's thread, the balance in Seçkin’s novel sways toward the personal, whereas the political scene in Alaa Al-Aswany’s The Republic of False Truths (2021) is more prominent, despite all the attention paid to characterization—a network that grows increasingly complex as readers turn the pages. (And there’s at

Connecting Thread: From Revolution to Secrecy (2 of 5)2021-12-27T14:57:43-05:00
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