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Shelf Life: August 2013
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Shelf Life: August 2013

  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Monday, 23 September 2013
Brief snippets of opinion and a too-long list. This month’s themes? Sex and writing, apparently.
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Shelf Life: April 2013

  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Wednesday, 29 May 2013
April was Poetry Month, and I did get in some poetry, but also quiet a few graphic novels.…
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Literary bars, hedgehogs, horses, dolphins, and William Shatner

  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Friday, 9 November 2012
Congratulations to Tamas Dobozy who won the Writers’ Trust prize for fiction for Siege 13, and to Alex…
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Shelf Life: May 2012

  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Wednesday, 20 June 2012
A varied month. 50. Twenty-Seventh City, by Jonathan Franzen (Picador , 1988, 2001) To backtrack, I really liked The…
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Shelf Life: April 2012

  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Monday, 4 June 2012
April seemed to be a month for poetry and reading books for Broken Pencil reviews. 36. Attack of…
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Shelf Life: February 2012

  • ByNico Mara-McKay
  • Monday, 14 May 2012
This month I tackled most of the Canada Reads short list in reverse order of elimination. Though I…
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Had a go at making hamantaschen. #baking
Lydia working late on a Sunday. #catsofinstagram
Made fauxsotto with a new recipe for focaccia. I could have let the focaccia rise and cook longer, and it needed more water than the recipe called for, but it was otherwise good. The goat cheese paired spectacularly with the beets. Would make again, but maybe with two beets instead of three. #cooking
This week's tarot card is the King of Coins, from the English Magic Tarot. #divination #tarot
Morning face wash. #catsofinstagram
Tried to make apple roses for my beloved this Valentine's Day, but they turned out a bit of a mess. #baking
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