“A Real Life” Alice Munro

2014-03-20T20:46:45-04:00

Last week, I said that "Carried Away" feels like a quintessential Munro story to me. 1994; Penguin, 2007 Its southwestern Ontario setting. The matters of class. An up-close examination of a blatant tragedy. Some far-away ruminating on trauma of a quieter sort. A woman looking back on a

“A Real Life” Alice Munro2014-03-20T20:46:45-04:00

A Celebration of Bessie Head: Maru (1971)

2014-03-20T20:48:53-04:00

1971; Heinemann, 1995 Officially joining Kinna in A Celebration of Bessie Head July 6 - 12, 2013? ImageNations and Mary Okeke Reviews. And, unofficially, plenty more readers. Readers meet Maru in the novel's opening pages, but I love this description which comes later: "He was a man who talked and walked slowly, with

A Celebration of Bessie Head: Maru (1971)2014-03-20T20:48:53-04:00

“Carried Away” Alice Munro

2014-03-31T15:57:28-04:00

Could be that "Carried Away" is my favourite Alice Munro story. 1994; Penguin, 1999 Not only because Louisa is a librarian. (But that certainly helps.) "The Librarian’s desk was in the archway between the front and back rooms. The books were on shelves set in rows in the

“Carried Away” Alice Munro2014-03-31T15:57:28-04:00

Paris in July 2013

2013-07-03T18:48:52-04:00

Thanks to Tamara of Thyme for Tea and Karen of BookBath, there is another Paris in July for all of us to enjoy. Yesterday, I read the first story in Paul Headrick's The Doctrine of Affections, which is set in 19th-Century Paris. It's the perfect kind of story to launch an event like this.

Paris in July 20132013-07-03T18:48:52-04:00

Once Upon a Time – Chatting about Middles

2013-07-09T10:15:26-04:00

In my first post about this year's Once Upon a Time reading, I mentioned all the books that I have, since, finished reading, though at the time I was just beginning: Image links to Challenge AnnouncementImage by Melissa Nucera Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride (1993), Bill Willingham's 1001 Nights of Snowfall (2006), Charles

Once Upon a Time – Chatting about Middles2013-07-09T10:15:26-04:00
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