Writing for Shedoesthecity.com
I’ve recently started writing for Shedoesthecity.com, taking on their books section.
alice munro
Shelf Life: November 2011
Still playing catch-up. 116. Jacob’s Room, by Virginia Woolf Wonderfully impressionistic, it tells the story of Jacob Flanders, from boyhood to his death in the war. 117. The Boy Who Followed Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith The fourth in the five book series. Not as strong as the previous three, but fun nonetheless. 118. I Can …
Shelf Life: June 2011
Happy Canada Day, kids! I love it when it falls on a Friday and we get an extra long weekend in the summer. I mentioned yesterday how I’d like to get more social in regards to books and reading – normally such a solitary activity – so I’m going to try a new series I’m …
What $60 worth of books looks like
This is what $60 of books looks like when you shop at BMV. I love BMV.1 I picked up a lot of good stuff: A Model World and Other Stories, by Michael Chabon The Essential Tales of Chekov, edited by Richard Ford The Burning Alphabet, by Barry Dempster For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest …
Book Club: Too Much Happiness
I haven’t done well with updating the blog about the book club a friend and I started since the first meeting. A brief survey of what we’ve read since: Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient (we loved it), Robertson Davies’ The Rebel Angels (excellent), Guy Gavriel Kay’s The Summer Tree (well liked, but I felt it …