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Shelf Life: April 2012

April seemed to be a month for poetry and reading books for Broken Pencil reviews. 36. Attack of the Copula Spiders, by Douglas Glover (Biblioasis, 2012) The subtitle proclaims this a collection of essays about writing, and while the first two may be construed as such, the remaining essays are primarily concerned with reading. It’s a great […]

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Shelf Life: March 2012

Novels, graphic novels, children’s books and non-fic, but no poetry? How did that happen? 23. The Game, by Ken Dryden (Wiley, 1983, 2005) Continuing reading the Canada Reads 2012 shortlist in reverse order of elimination, ((See Shelf Life: February 2012 for more.)) I read The Game despite my complete lack of interest in hockey. And loved it.

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Shelf Life: Janaury 2012

I’ve never really set targets for my reading before, beyond a general expectation that I’d read at least a hundred books a year, but last year a friend pushed me to challenge myself to commit to 150. According to Goodreads I surpassed it, but according to my own count I read 135. I read twenty-seven graphic novels

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