May 2016, In My Stacks

2023-10-04T14:55:41-04:00

How much of your reading is non-fiction? Does it fluctuate, or are you committed to reading (or not reading) it? When others were participating in non-fiction November last year, and actually reading a lot of the books that I'd been kinda-half-sorta thinking about reading, I realised that tending towards fiction

May 2016, In My Stacks2023-10-04T14:55:41-04:00

June 2015, In My Stacks

2017-07-24T15:25:24-04:00

My progress through Gabrielle Roy's works has been slow but steady, and this month I requested one of the children's books, which I held out for myself as a reward for finishing six of her novels. My treat was to be Cliptail, but the only copy available in the public

June 2015, In My Stacks2017-07-24T15:25:24-04:00

Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories

2014-03-20T15:09:49-04:00

It's on the back of Canada's five-dollar bill: the opening lines of Roch Carrier's "The Hockey Sweater". 1979; House of Anansi, 2012 That's how central this story, only four pages long, is to Canadians. A short story about hockey, a 10-year-old French-Canadian boy's crowning disappointment, and the cultural

Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories2014-03-20T15:09:49-04:00

BHM: Octavia E. Butler

2021-02-01T11:01:15-05:00

Beacon Press, 2003 (originally 1979) Dana is bookish; when we meet her in the opening pages of Kindred, she is unpacking books after a move. She is sorting the fiction into one of the bigger bookcases in the living room while Kevin finishes unpacking his office. But when

BHM: Octavia E. Butler2021-02-01T11:01:15-05:00

Beverly Cleary’s Ramona and Her Mother (1979)

2014-03-14T19:32:58-04:00

Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Mother (1979) Illus. Alan Tiegreen HarperTrophy, 2002 What makes Beverly Cleary's stories work is that Ramona is more of a real girl than Pinocchio ever was a real boy. She ticks like a seven-and-a-half-year-old girl ticks. Here are some of my favourite quotes from my

Beverly Cleary’s Ramona and Her Mother (1979)2014-03-14T19:32:58-04:00
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