Daphne du Maurier Reading Week: Jamaica Inn (1936)

2020-05-12T10:37:29-04:00

I’ve muddled Frenchman’s Creek (1941) and Jamaica Inn for years. That’s why I started watching the 2014 mini-series of Jamaica Inn because I thought I’d read the book already; but, I hadn’t, so I stopped watching after the first episode. Now, at last, a great reason to sort out

Daphne du Maurier Reading Week: Jamaica Inn (1936)2020-05-12T10:37:29-04:00

Dreams and Nightmares: the Long and Short of It

2020-03-11T17:04:18-04:00

Yesterday, I chatted about one of my favourites from this year’s Giller Prize longlist. Tomorrow, I’ll be chatting about the most talked-about from this year’s longlist, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, as part of #MARM Margaret Atwood Reading Month. So, today, the other books on the longlist, the ones I

Dreams and Nightmares: the Long and Short of It2020-03-11T17:04:18-04:00

Summer 2019, In My Reading Log

2019-08-27T13:41:48-04:00

In Iris Murdoch’s Henry and Cato (1976), Henry Marshalson inherits the family estate when his brother Sandy dies. Henry returns to the home where his mother Gerda still lives, with her kinda-sycophantic admirer, Lucius. Cato lives nearby. So does Colette. Stephanie does not, but, because of her pre-existing

Summer 2019, In My Reading Log2019-08-27T13:41:48-04:00

Quarterly Stories: Summer 2019

2019-06-25T15:17:11-04:00

Taraghi, Levy, Hébert, Gallant and King Short Stories in April, May and June Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to three favourite writers and also explored two new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories: Summer 20192019-06-25T15:17:11-04:00
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