Shyam Selvadurai's Swimming in the Monsoon Sea Tundra Books, 2005 You may have noticed that I'm back to starting the reading weekend with kidlit and young adult novels once more. That, along with some of the other regular features was on holiday for the summer, but last week brought Sherman
Keith Oatley's Therefore Choose Gooselane Editions, 2010 Therefore Choose is a tremendously accessible, memorable and relevant novel from Gooselane. If you've tried one of Keith Oatley's earlier novels (The Case of Emily V. published in 1993, A Natural History, published in 1998), you might think that a novel from him
Noelle Boughton's Margaret Laurence A Gift of Grace: A Spiritual Biography Women's Press, 2006 Margaret Laurence is one of my favourite writers and I keep half a reading eye on new biographical or critical work, so I knew that I was missing out on Donez Xiques' Margaret Laurence: The Making
T. F. Rigelhof's Hooked on Canadian Books: The Good, The Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984 Cormorant Books Inc, 2010 Although I would struggle to choose my favourite kind of bookish book, one like this would certainly be a contender; it is not only a favourite kind of
Well, I've decided. (Decided what?) Partly because the host's reminder of the first round-up for participants has come around. Partly because I think I could have put off deciding for a year, so I felt a snap decision might be better, freeing me to obsess about next year's line-up guilt-free. Partly
