Time for another monthly celebration of Libraries! Yay! Thanks again to Bookish Beck for hosting this monthly meme. Our library re-opened! We are very excited around here. Our local library has been closed since a flood after a large snowfall in January. While they had a pop-up location in the local mall and we were… Continue reading Love Your Library
The Capital of Dreams - Heather O'Neill (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2024) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Publication Date: 9 October 2024 I've read all of Heather O'Neill's fiction (see some reviews here) over the years, starting with the debut novel that launched her into CanLit… Continue reading Book Review: The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill (20 Books of Summer)
Regular contributing writer Peter here. In 2022 Pearl and I embarked on our first backpacking trip. Neither of us had ever backpacked before. On one of our many holidays to Powell River we took a short walk along a section of the Sunshine Coast trail. Six-yea-old Pearl had just finished kindergarten and was excited to… Continue reading (Guest Post) Sunshine Coast Trail: First Hikes
This book is really long. I've read both The Goldfinch and The Secret History by Donna Tartt before and enjoyed them both and neither are particularly short books. But The Little Friend felt long. I started it on audio and had to renew it once and then switched to a hard copy because I figured… Continue reading Book Review: The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (20 Books of Summer)
The Whalebone Theatre - Joanna Quinn (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) In parts, this felt like two stories joined together. There is the story of three semi-feral children, related to each other in complicated ways, growing up in a crumbling English estate in the last days when such places existed. Then there is the story of… Continue reading Book Review: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
It's hard to believe we are both halfway through July and only two weeks out from finishing school. It's been a full and busy time already. While Peter and Pearl were off on their epic hike , Rose and I got to spend some time just the two of us at home. She got her… Continue reading 2024 Highlights: More of July
God in the Dock - C.S. Lewis (Collins, 1979) I've read a lot of C.S. Lewis. He's one of my favourite writers and an author whose writings on theology I always find helpful. Lewis tends to be clear, concise, and powerful. God in the Dock is a collection of short essays, mostly published in the… Continue reading Book Review: God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis (20 Books of Summer)
Guest writer Peter here. I am delighted to report that this is the third year I have hiked with Pearl along the Sunshine Coast Trail and that the tradition continues. Rose has just completed grade one and is slated to hike with me for the first time in a couple of weeks, when we will… Continue reading (Guest Post) Sunshine Coast Trail Year 3
Last Monday we headed downtown and attended the annual Sechelt Canada Day Parade. Canada Day has traditionally been Sechelt's big event. (Pender Harbour has May Day and Gibsons used to have Sea Cavalcade.) In recent years, the celebrations have morphed and adapted to varying circumstances. We had neighbourhood parades in 2020. We had an Orange… Continue reading 2024 Highlights: Canada Day
Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell (William Morrow, 2024) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Pub Date: 30 July 2024 Slow Dance isn't my usual sort of fare but when an Advance Copy came through the door and I was headed out of town on a weekend away,… Continue reading Book Review: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
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