November 2023, In My Bookbag (also, L.M. Montgomery)

2023-11-02T11:06:48-04:00

In November, Naomi and Sarah are hosting a readalong for The Story Girl, so the last time I packed up my bookbag, I stuck in my copy of Elizabeth Waterston’s Magic Island (2008) to read her chapter on L.M. Montgomery’s 1911 novel. Story Girl reads like a collection of

November 2023, In My Bookbag (also, L.M. Montgomery)2023-11-02T11:06:48-04:00

January 2021, In My Bookbag (What bookbag?)

2021-01-21T12:29:01-05:00

Here's a glimpse of some current reads which lend themselves more to sampling, in a handful of reading sessions, than gobbling in longer periods of time. Although I no longer need to ponder the ratio of heavy to light volumes in my stack of current reads (because the COVID

January 2021, In My Bookbag (What bookbag?)2021-01-21T12:29:01-05:00

Spring 2020, In My Bookbag (What Bookbag?)

2020-05-20T08:32:26-04:00

Because I like to have a book for every reading mood under way, at any given time, my stack is an unwieldy creature. But even with an unreasonable number of books in my stack, only one or two of those books would be exceptionally long. Lighter-weighted volumes outnumber

Spring 2020, In My Bookbag (What Bookbag?)2020-05-20T08:32:26-04:00

August 2019, In My Bookbag

2019-09-20T17:02:12-04:00

In which there is talk of the slim stories which have travelled with me within the city. While bulkier volumes stayed home. Like Robertson Davies' Murther and Walking Spirits (1991). And Nazanine Hozar's Aria (2019). These are awkward travelling companions: thick and heavy But some of the skinnies in

August 2019, In My Bookbag2019-09-20T17:02:12-04:00

May 2019, In My Bookbag

2019-05-09T13:42:55-04:00

Because I’m still buried in print when I’m on the move, here’s talk of the books I’ve been reading en route, while heavier volumes (like Charles Palliser’s The Quincunx and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man) stayed at home. I read nearly half of this book at the top of the steps

May 2019, In My Bookbag2019-05-09T13:42:55-04:00
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