May 2014, In My Bookbag

2014-05-22T10:42:20-04:00

Are you still there? If so, many thanks. It’s been quiet around here; I realized that my database had tripled its allotted storage and was refusing to hold even one more byte sometime in March, and the oh-so-smart-coder-types have only recently gotten things back in working order. Many thanks to

May 2014, In My Bookbag2014-05-22T10:42:20-04:00

Dominique Fortier’s Wonder (2010; Trans. 2014)

2014-05-13T11:30:44-04:00

The appeal of reading a book like Dominique Fortier’s Wonder swells and radiates as pages turn. McClelland & Stewart, 2014 The story begins (like Dennison Smith’s The Eye of the Day, another of my favourite books in this reading year) with a proverbial bang. But despite the eruption

Dominique Fortier’s Wonder (2010; Trans. 2014)2014-05-13T11:30:44-04:00

Cecil Foster’s Independence (2014)

2014-07-11T17:08:05-04:00

Desmond has returned to the island because the prime minister has asked those who went abroad to help rebuild the nation, now that it has gained its independence. Harper Collins Publishers, 2014 Cecil Foster's experience is not unlike Desmond's, but Independence is rooted in the story of a

Cecil Foster’s Independence (2014)2014-07-11T17:08:05-04:00

Olive Senior’s Shell: Gold within

2021-02-01T10:53:18-05:00

A dozen years ago, Olive Senior's Gardening in the Tropics was on my list of favourite books for that reading year. Insomniac Press, 2007 Afterwards, I read some short stories (Discerner of Hearts is wonderful), but I lost track of her work, and hadn't even realized the extent of it

Olive Senior’s Shell: Gold within2021-02-01T10:53:18-05:00

Calamity’s Brand of Sassy Compassion

2014-03-09T15:58:28-04:00

Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms Warner, 2003 Last Sunday I mentioned Nalo Hopkinson's 2003 novel, The Salt Roads; today I've got her 2007 novel The New Moon's Arms on the book-brain. I finished reading it on the front porch on an exceptionally lovely summer afternoon, the sort which is

Calamity’s Brand of Sassy Compassion2014-03-09T15:58:28-04:00
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