This will be my second year participating in Cathy's annual book reading challenge. I like it because of how incredibly relaxed it is. Choose 20 books that you want to read in June, July, and August and then read them and report. You can choose fewer than 20 too and at the end nobody judges… Continue reading 20 Books of Summer 2024
Read: Doppelganger - Naomi Klein (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2023) Kingdom, Grace, Judgement - Robert Farrar Capon (Eerdmans, 2002) Held - Anne Michaels (McClelland & Stewart, 2023) Last Woman - Carleigh Baker (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li (Macmillan Audio, 2022) Present Over Perfect - Shauna Niequist (Zondervan, 2016) The… Continue reading What I Read: May 2024
I've never been organized enough to participate in this monthly blog event, hosted by Bookish Beck, but this time I'm getting my act together to give it a go! As I've shared previously, our local library deserves a lot of love! In January, they had extensive flooding from some burst pipes after a heavy snow… Continue reading Love Your Library
Grove Books, 2024 I don't mind confessing that I was drawn to this book by the combo of the cover picture and the title. The image of simply sailing away from whatever chaos that fire is on the right side and responding, "I cheerfully refuse" when someone tries to draw you into said chaos was… Continue reading Book Review: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Pearl and Rose created a carnival on our front driveway and the prize was this build-your-own-bouquet station. I love the magic they create with an empty driveway and a box of sidewalk chalk. Some other goodness recently: Beach bonfire with good friends. Took Winnie the Dog for a walk and came back to the ultimate… Continue reading 2024 Highlights: Spring’s Arrival
Read: Unearthing - Kyo Maclear (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023) What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? - Kevin DeYoung (Crossway, 2015) The Fire Still Burns - Sam George (Purich Books, 2023) The Matisse Stories - A.S. Byatt (Vintage, 1994) Hello Beautiful - Ann Napolitano (Books on Tape, 2023) The Leap Year Gene -… Continue reading What I Read: April 2024
Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit - Nadine Sander-Green (Anansi, 2024) I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Millicent is fresh out of journalism school and accepts a job in Whitehorse for a struggling daily newspaper. Shy and hardworking, Millicent struggles to… Continue reading Book Review: Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit by Nadine Sander-Green
I loved this book. Picking up a book by a new author, particularly when the book is the author's first publication, can be a exciting but risky endeavour. I saw The Other Valley on a list of new publications and that it was being compared to books by Emily St. John Mandel and Kazuo Ishiguro,… Continue reading Book Review: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
On my walk home from work the other day. It's hard to believe we are already halfway through April. Here on the Pacific West Coast, we've made it through the hardest part of the year, meteorologically speaking. While we'll surely still have rain in the coming weeks and months, the sun is shining more and… Continue reading Some 2024 Highlights and other Goings On
What I've appreciated most about Kevin Chong's work in the past is how Vancouver it is. And even though the city and the Chinatown that his latest novel takes place in is never named, it clearly felt like Vancouver to me. The Chinatown I remember in the 90s and early 2000s felt very present to… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong
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