Generations

Reading Jane Urquhart

Buried In Print2014-03-13T20:28:27-04:00

A quick glance at my bookshelves and you would think that Jane Urquhart is one of my favourite authors. I have all of her novels save one -- a couple of hardcovers purchased new -- but I have a habit of leaving them unfinished. Nonetheless, the themes she pursues in

Reading Jane UrquhartBuried In Print2014-03-13T20:28:27-04:00

Shiitakes as Sopranos, Enokis as Altos…

Buried In Print2014-03-09T14:23:26-04:00

Hiromi Goto's Chorus of Mushrooms (1993) This debut novel is a great choice for the Women Unbound Reading Challenge because relationships, particularly those between women, are at the heart of it, even more particularly, the relationships between three women in one family: Naoe, Keiko and Muriel (a.k.a. Murasaki, which is

Shiitakes as Sopranos, Enokis as Altos…Buried In Print2014-03-09T14:23:26-04:00

Reading for Canada Reads 2010

Buried In Print2014-03-09T17:45:00-04:00

The thing about my readolutions is that they are never simple. So, yes, there's this concise list of 12 books, casually distributed across various categories of interest that I declare I must read in 2010. But this tidy list only hints at other lists. For instance, there are 3 Canlit

Reading for Canada Reads 2010Buried In Print2014-03-09T17:45:00-04:00