So...today was busy. It was a long, busy day and there was one quick attempt at an actual dress picture but it was kind of a failure so here's what you get: I'm there. I'm wearing a dress. I'm reading The World by Bill Gaston. Here's a picture of me in the same dress at… Continue reading Day 3 – 30 Day Dress Challenge
Quick selfie before I start my day! The Dress: Quiksilver, purchased here in Sechelt at the local consignment shop. It lacks shape without the belt but it's a fun, lightweight summer dress. I took this one to Europe last summer and got great use out of it. See? I just got off a train there… Continue reading Day 2 – 30 Day Dress Challenge 2014
Bella did not understand what I was doing. Or she wants to be featured on the blog more often. The Dress: Purchased a year or so ago at a Smart Set in the Big City. It was very much on sale but there was only one size left. So this dress is actually a size… Continue reading Day 1 – 30 Day Dress Challenge 2014
Tomorrow is June and I (still) have a lot of dresses. I did this challenge last June and had a lot of fun with it so I'm trying it again. Here's the deal: I own a lot (maybe too many, who's to say?) of dresses. As of today, the count is at 30 dresses. My… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge 2014
I did not like this book. I remember when it was released and when it was selling out in stores and was at its height of popularity. Even now, people ask for it and seem to enjoy it. I just don't understand the appeal. The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper Perennial, 2008) is… Continue reading Book Review – The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Gilead (HarperCollins, 2004) is a novel that shouldn't work but does. And masterfully so. There's not much action and there's even less dialogue and yet Robinson keeps the tension tight and the reader engaged. John Ames is in his late seventies and he knows he will die soon. He doesn't have much in the way… Continue reading Book Review – Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
I'm about twenty years too young to feel much nostalgia over the 1960s but I'm exactly the right age to understand that childhood dreams don't necessarily translate into adult life. The Interestings (Riverhead Books, 2013) starts out with six teenagers at a summer camp called Spirit-in-the-Woods. It's a camp for artistically-inclined youth and for each… Continue reading Book Review – The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The cutesy cover and title of The Rosie Project (HarperCollins, 2013) might keep you away from this novel. But if you give it a chance, you'll likely find yourself hooked pretty quickly. I laughed for the first time on page 3 when the narrator, Don, says this: "I would have been satisfied with our relationship...but… Continue reading Book Review – The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Asia is a continent of extremes. As countries like China and India grow in global power and importance, I think more people are realizing this. Asia holds extreme wealth and extreme poverty in the same hand. Rich Crazy Asians (Doubleday Canada, 2013) focuses on the extremely wealthy population. This is a novel. Novels don't necessarily… Continue reading Book Review – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
I'll admit that I've never quite gotten the fuss over Houdini. Does there really need to be another book about him? That said, having enjoyed both The Cellist of Sarajevo and Ascension by Steven Galloway, I gave The Confabulist (Knopf Canada, 2014) a shot and I'm glad I did. The Confabulist contains stories within stories.… Continue reading Book Review – The Confabulist by Steven Galloway
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