Read: Monday was a Simpler Time: Reflections on a Pandemic Waiting for a Star to Fall - Kerry Clare (Doubleday Canada, 2020) Halfbreed - Maria Campbell (McClelland & Stewart, 2019) He Must Like You - Danielle Younge-Ullman (Viking, 2020) Did Not Finish: Flights - Olga Tokarczuk I grabbed this one off a library display shelf… Continue reading What I Read – November 2020
He Must Like You - Danielle Young-Ullman (Viking, 2020) I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book. It was released in July 2020. All opinions are my own. I didn't notice the tagline of this young adult novel - "Payback, with a side of fries" - when I was sitting on the kitchen floor,… Continue reading Book Review: He Must Like You by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Unfortunately, though predictably, our lockdown has been extended another two weeks (at least) and now includes the entire province. I keep re-writing this post to make it sound less dreary and depressing because really (honestly!) we're doing fine. We are healthy, we are safe, we are together. I will just say that I am finding… Continue reading Life Lately: Lockdown Week 3
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis (Harper Collins Publishers) The Chronicles of Narnia are an absolute classic series of children's stories. I could not tell you how many times I have read these seven books. They were read to me as a child and I read them over and over again as an… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: The Chronicles of Narnia
Halfbreed - Maria Campbell (McClelland & Stewart, 2019) I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Halfbreed is a memoir by Maria Campbell, the story of her life from childhood into early adulthood. Originally published in 1973 this edition was re-released in 2019 with a new introduction and some… Continue reading Book Review: Halfbreed Maria Campbell
Waiting for a Star to Fall - Kerry Clare (Doubleday Canada, 2020) Brooke Ellis is twenty-three and has just quietly returned to her small hometown of Lanark where she's living in a depressing basement apartment and working a quiet job at the local library. She won't tell her parents why she's back or why she… Continue reading Book Review: Waiting For A Star To Fall by Kerry Clare
Monday Was A Simpler Time: Reflections on a Pandemic Each August my small town plays host to the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. It is the longest running writers festival to feature solely Canadian authors. For four days every summer, readers and writers come together to celebrate the written word. It is a… Continue reading Book Review: Monday Was A Simpler Time
Slow mornings Hi there! It's November already and it feels like a little bit since I've just written about life and the goings on. I started to write this post last week and, I'll be honest, it was a pretty downer post. I was feeling the effects of the rain, the rising COVID numbers in… Continue reading Life Lately: Hello November
Real Life - Brandon Taylor (Riverhead Books, 2020) Real Life takes place primarily over a single weekend in the life of Wallace, a grad student in the Midwest and a young, gay, Black man. He's an introvert and someone who always feels on the outside, no matter who he is with. Over the course of… Continue reading Book Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Prayer - Philip Yancey (Zondervan, 2007) I’ve read several books by Philip Yancey now and I keep coming back to his work because I truly appreciate his honesty, humility, and willingness to admit what he doesn’t know. In this book Yancey tackles the subject of prayer. (Probably could have guessed that.) What is prayer? Why… Continue reading Book Review: Prayer by Philip Yancey
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