Toronto Public Library’s 2025 Reading Challenge (Parts 3 and 4, of 4) #LoveYourLibrary

2025-12-31T16:02:20-05:00

Originally I’d planned to split this post into two, as I gradually read through the categories for the Toronto Public Library Reading Challenge (Part One and Two), but with a lot of desk hours lost to illness this year, I’ve combined them. (Notes: Other books read for the challenge

Toronto Public Library’s 2025 Reading Challenge (Parts 3 and 4, of 4) #LoveYourLibrary2025-12-31T16:02:20-05:00

Nalo Hopkinson’s Blackheart Man (2024)

2025-09-22T11:17:22-04:00

New in paperback last month, I just squeaked in with my bought-in-hardcover read of Nalo Hopkinson’s Blackheart Man. I wanted to read it for fun—no notes—and carried it around in my stack for most of the past year, while other books nudged in line in front. The opening chapter

Nalo Hopkinson’s Blackheart Man (2024)2025-09-22T11:17:22-04:00

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 2024

2024-10-15T10:44:25-04:00

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction lodged in my mind because I really loved its inaugural winner: Kadija Abdalla Bajaber’s The House of Rust when I first read it. Bill and I read it again earlier this year, while anticipating the announcement of this year’s shortlisted books.

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction 20242024-10-15T10:44:25-04:00

In My Notebook, Novellas #NovNov (hahaha)

2024-02-15T10:44:28-05:00

The list I made last November with #NovNov in mind is a snapshot of an ambitious reader’s brain, high on bookish possibilities. You recognise the vague outlines that persist, when one is away from one’s bookshelves but in a planning mood, unbound. The titles listed in black are all

In My Notebook, Novellas #NovNov (hahaha)2024-02-15T10:44:28-05:00
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