The Serial Reader: Intelligent Romances?

2014-03-17T13:54:39-04:00

Catherine Asaro's works are often recommended when this question is raised amongst readers. (Amidst all the debate and kurfufflery, ruffled readers' feathers and bleeding hearts.) When a Harvard PhD writes a series of books commonly reviewed (and awarded gold medals) in Romantic Times, that's what you get. And

The Serial Reader: Intelligent Romances?2014-03-17T13:54:39-04:00

Three Tasty Reads

2014-03-15T17:46:30-04:00

All year I've been dragging on my reading for the Foodie's Reading Challenge. In the later part of the year I even started to wonder why I'd joined. And then I started reading for it. (Inspired by Dewey's Read-a-Thon.) This is why I join challenges; they seem to keep my

Three Tasty Reads2014-03-15T17:46:30-04:00

Ken Wiwa’s In the Shadow of a Saint (2000)

2014-03-14T20:02:46-04:00

Ken Wiwa's In the Shadow of a Saint A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy Random House 2000 - Vintage, 2001. As much as this book is about its author Ken Wiwa, as much as it is about his father Ken Saro-Wiwa, as much as it is about fathers

Ken Wiwa’s In the Shadow of a Saint (2000)2014-03-14T20:02:46-04:00

Still Lovin’ This City

2014-03-13T21:26:37-04:00

Toronto: An Illustrated History of Its First 12,000 Years Ed. Ronald F. Williamson James Lorimer & Company (2008) Yes, that's right: 12,000 years. So the city that you recognize from tramping the pavement these days doesn't even get going until 2/3 of the way into the book. Which makes this

Still Lovin’ This City2014-03-13T21:26:37-04:00

Three novels by Lois Lowry

2014-03-10T20:50:02-04:00

Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993) Bantam-Random House, 1999 “It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.” From the opening sentence, this novel has an ominous tone. Doesn’t it? ::squirms in chair:: And it’s pervasive. Only a few pages later, his younger sister is whispering about “The Ceremony

Three novels by Lois Lowry2014-03-10T20:50:02-04:00
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