I was intrigued when a copy of The Winter Family by Clifford Jackman arrived in my mailbox. I like westerns, was in between books, and started reading this one as soon as I got it out of the packaging. It… Read More ›
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From the Fifteenth District: Stories by Mavis Gallant
I’d never heard of Mavis Gallant (1922-2014). Perhaps I should be embarrassed to admit this in public, because she was a respected, prolific writer. Over 100 of her short stories were published in The New Yorker, the first in 1951…. Read More ›
Stained by Cheryl Rainfield
Stained is another strong YA novel by Cheryl Rainfield. I enjoyed her first two novels, Scars and Hunted. Her novels focus on teenaged girls who are rejected by society and struggle to find the strength within to survive and… Read More ›
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
I first started reading this novel sometime back in the 1990s when I was in college or graduate school, and still fairly new to the world of academic feminism where The Handmaid’s Tale is (was?) considered a must-read. I started… Read More ›
Coming Soon! Louise Penny’s The Beautiful Mystery
Release date: August 28, 2012 If you enjoy mystery novels full of well-rounded characters and plots that have no need to beat you over the head, Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache series is probably up your alley (or at the… Read More ›
HUNTED by Cheryl Rainfield
If you like The Hunger Games or The Book Thief, you’ll probably love Hunted, too. Hunted is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Caitlyn who is in a tough situation and trying to do the right thing. Caitlyn is a Para,… Read More ›
Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New SkinsEmma DonoghueJoanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, 1997ISBN: 0-06-440772-1Source: Library (inter-library loan from Grande Prairie Public Library) Kissing the Witch is the third book that I’ve read by Donoghue in the last 12 months. In January… Read More ›
Still Life by Louise Penny
Still Life Louise Penny Minotaur Books ISBN: 978-0-312-94855-9 $7.99 293 pages Have you heard of Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny? If you haven’t, you will, because not only are her books gathering awards, her reputation is growing through that most… Read More ›
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
This book was recommended years ago (I don’t recall where or by whom) for people who like Sarah Waters’s 19th century novels (Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith) of which I am a huge admirer. I bought a copy of Slammerkin at… Read More ›
ROOM by Emma Donoghue
Published in the US by Little Brown, Sep. 2010Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. ROOM is a novel that I would not normally have picked up. Prior to Wednesday, I had no plans to read it. I generally… Read More ›