Nicole Brossard's Fences in Breathing, Translated from the French (2007), Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood Coach House Books, 2009 Today's bookish book was an easy choice because I had chosen Nicole Brossard as one of the writers whose feminist writing I wanted to explore for this year's Women Unbound Reading Challenge and
Maureen Jennings' Except the Dying St. Martin's Press, 1997 M&S, 2004 Remember when I said that I'd be reading mysteries and classics this summer? Well, I'm doing a great job of reading those mysteries. The classics are definitely taking a backseat. It's been hot; we've been busy (bike-riding, playing games, learning
Cara Black's Murder in Belleville Soho Press,2000 If I'd had any doubts about whether Cara Black's mystery series would be a good choice with which to celebrate Paris in July, the blurbs on the second Aimée Leduc mystery would have cinched the deal. Val McDermid writes: "If you've always wanted
Wendy Werris' An Alphabetical Life: Living It Up in the World of Books Carroll & Graf, 2006 This is the final read that completes my plans for the Bibliophilic Challenge; I am still reading bookish books and chatting about them on Fridays, but my duties as a Litlover are complete
Jane Gardam's Going into a Dark House Little Brown 1994 Jane Gardam is one of my MRE authors, having discovered Bilgewater a few years back, and this collection also counts for the 2010 Reading Challenge (in the Charity Shop category, because my friend Helen picked it up at the Oxfam
