Read: Go Gentle - Maria Semple (Penguin Random House Audio, 2026) (narrated by Saskia Maarleveld) Son of Nobody - Yann Martel (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2026) The Wax Child - Olga Ravn (Book*hug Press, 2025) (translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken) Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy (Scribner Canada, 2025) Yesteryear -… Continue reading What I Read – May 2026
Reading a book that you end up not enjoying is disappointing enough but it feels extra disappointing when you're able to see the possibilities of how good that book could have been. The God of Small Things was that kind of read for me. The story follows twin brother and sister, Estha and Rahel, and… Continue reading Book Review: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Music for Wartime - Rebecca Makkai (Viking, 2015) The Givenness of Things - Marilynne Robinson (HarperCollins, 2015) (Truth be told, I only read half of this before I had to return it to the library. But I really enjoyed what I read and I hope to borrow it again.) When panic on one side is… Continue reading What I Read – February 2016
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