It’s been an entire month now. Talking about the series that I’ve been reading this summer. How time flies. When you’re reading. And re-reading. When you’re chatting about reading. Part of the reason that I was so determined about reading series this summer is that I had set finishing some
When I look for the words to describe re-visiting the books in the series I loved to read when I was a girl, I pluck words like ‘delightful’ and ‘splendid’ from the possibilities. Old-fashioned joy words that fit perfectly with the old-fashioned flavour of the tales I loved. Language suitable
Beverly Cleary's Ramona the Pest (1968) Illus. Louis Darling Readers first catch a glimpse of Ramona Quimby when she is very small, in the Henry Huggins series, but her first main appearance is in Beezus and Ramona. I was not, however, a Beezus fan. I was a Ramona fan. I
Alongside a handful of shared/group reading challenges (here's my mid-year update on those), I'd chosen some themes to explore and I'd spotted some gaps in my reading. Short Stories 1. Sarah Selecky's This Cake is for the Party (2010) 2. Lynn Coady’s Play the Monster Blind (2000) 3. Mavis Gallant’s
Canadian Book Challenge 4 Final status, 52/13 I read about half of the 13 books recommended by Aritha van Herk, contemporary Canlit classics, and I’m glad I included this as part of the challenge because it kept me reading books that I wouldn’t have naturally taken reading time for. And
