What of a Reader’s Intentions?

2014-03-09T15:12:32-04:00

Rosie Alison's The Very Thought of You Alma Books, 2009 Here's something simple to begin with (because I'm having an inordinately hard time writing about Rosie Alison's debut novel): I am grateful. And that is because Victoria, of Eve's Alexandria, sent me her copy of The Very Thought of You

What of a Reader’s Intentions?2014-03-09T15:12:32-04:00

Dionne Brand’s In Another Place, Not Here (1986)

2014-03-09T17:44:11-04:00

Dionne Brand's In Another Place, Not Here Random House, 1986 The Women Unbound Reading Challenge was the perfect excuse that I needed to fill the gap in my Dionne Brand reading with her first novel In Another Place, Not Here. I bought my copy on the weekend (I loaned out

Dionne Brand’s In Another Place, Not Here (1986)2014-03-09T17:44:11-04:00

Another Shelf Discovery Saturday

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Sandra Scoppettone's Happy Endings Are All Alike (1978) Deborah Hautzig's Hey Dollface (1978) Madeleine L'Engle's Meet the Austins (1960) Sara Ryan's Empress of the World (2001) Just as I found that many of my favourite early reads about family and relationships featured bookish heroines, so did the next phase of

Another Shelf Discovery Saturday2014-03-09T17:44:14-04:00
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