What I Read: April 2024

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

What I Read – July 2023

Read: I am Homeless if This is Not My Home - Lorrie Moore (Bond Street Books, 2023) The Whole Animal - Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2023) The Parables of Grace - Robert Farrar Capon (Wiliam B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1990) Bad Cree - Jessica Johns (Harper Collins, 2023) Travels with my Aunt - Graham… Continue reading What I Read – July 2023

What I Read – June 2020

READ: Drifts - Kate Zambreno (Riverhead Books, 2020) On the Beach - Nevil Shute (Vintage Books, 2009) Uncommon Ground - Timothy Keller & John Inazu (Nelson Books, 2020) Becoming Mrs. Lewis - Patti Callahan (Thomas Nelson, 2018) The Doctor of Aleppo - Dan Mayland (Blackstone Publishing, 2020) Etched in My Memory - xwu'p'a'lich Barbara Higgins… Continue reading What I Read – June 2020

What I Read – August 2019

Read: We Went to the Woods - Caite Dolan-Leach (Random House, 2019) Black Light - Kimberly King Parsons ( Vintage Books, 2019) All the Bad Apples - Moira Fowley-Doyle (Kathy Dawson Books, 2019) As Many Nows as I Can Get - Shana Youngdahl (Dial Books, 2019) My Conversations with Canadians - Lee Maracle (BookThug, 2017)… Continue reading What I Read – August 2019

Book Review: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

I know someone who moved to Australia, married an Australian, and named her daughter Alice. She's a big fan of this book. With an endorsement like that, I've been meaning to read this novel for years. When I finally got my hands on a copy, it took me only days to make it through. The… Continue reading Book Review: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

What I Read – September 2017

(My dad felt that my summer reading level had dropped off so I have done my best to boost my numbers this September. However, please keep your expectations low for October.) The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters: The Jolly Regina - Kara LaReau (Amulet Books, 2017) The Good People - Hannah Kent (Little, Brown,… Continue reading What I Read – September 2017

What I Read – October 2016

The Autumn season is prime book-reading time. The rainy and cold weather means I want to stay inside and read and there seem to be so many books to read. The autumn is when many new books are released (leading up to Christmas) and many of the major literary prize winners (and shortlists) are announced.… Continue reading What I Read – October 2016

What I Read – December 2015

No Great Mischief - Alistair MacLeod (W.W. Norton & Company, 2000) The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan (Penguin Books, 2006) ...however we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we're eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world. Ru - Kim Thúy… Continue reading What I Read – December 2015

What I Read – May 2015

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis It's been a while since I read this one and so I'd forgotten that, well, not much happens in the story. It's a creative idea - bringing the Pevensie kids hundreds of years forward in Narnian history so that their return is like the return of King Arthur - but… Continue reading What I Read – May 2015

Book Review – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

If you love a good mystery novel - with a private eye who smokes too much, drinks too much, likes to comment on a lady's legs (and calls them "gams"), but always gets the job done - you owe a debt of gratitude to Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep is Chandler's first novel, published in… Continue reading Book Review – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler