Summer Reading To-Do List for Stormy Days (4 of 4)

2024-04-04T09:44:24-04:00

Such good reading this summer, so far. In other respects, perhaps mine has not been the most productive summer. But it all depends what one puts on a to-do list, doesn't it! What if your to-do list was all about the books in your stacks? House of Anansi, 2015

Summer Reading To-Do List for Stormy Days (4 of 4)2024-04-04T09:44:24-04:00

Summer Reading To-Do List for Stormy Days (3 of 4)

2021-02-01T16:12:50-05:00

Such good reading this summer, so far. In other respects, perhaps mine has not been the most productive summer. But it all depends what one puts on a to-do list, doesn't it! What if your to-do list was all about the books in your stacks? Cormorant Books, 2015 For

Summer Reading To-Do List for Stormy Days (3 of 4)2021-02-01T16:12:50-05:00

Young Love, Complicated Love: Where Did You Sleep Last Night

2015-07-14T10:10:17-04:00

"A man could do a lot for you, he added. I mean, like bulldozing and roofing, heavy lifting, he said. Maybe more." House of Anansi, 2015 So says a character in Lynn Crosbie's Life is about Losing Everything (2012). It might not be the kind of statement that

Young Love, Complicated Love: Where Did You Sleep Last Night2015-07-14T10:10:17-04:00

Mireille Silcoff’s Chez L’Arabe (2014)

2017-07-24T15:11:50-04:00

Weeks after reading these stories, a glance at the table of contents brings back their characters and arcs in a moment. (With "Flower Watching" and "Eskimos" I also required the aid of the characters' names I'd noted.) These stories stood out, not only as independent narratives but, simultaneously, for the

Mireille Silcoff’s Chez L’Arabe (2014)2017-07-24T15:11:50-04:00

I Spy: Walt and Mr. Jones

2017-07-20T18:04:57-04:00

As much as these stories focus on solitary characters who observe, from the margins, they long for something else; Walt and Mr. Jones are ultimately preoccupied with relationships. Goose Lane Editions, 2014 Margaret Sweatman's Mr. Jones openly confronts duplicity. "His life had been contrary, a series of duplications: two homes; a father who’d

I Spy: Walt and Mr. Jones2017-07-20T18:04:57-04:00
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