This time of year, I debate whether it's ethical to use one of my daughter's library cards, because in addition to the number of new arrivals on my shelves, I am regularly requesting library books. I debated using 'incessantly' rather than 'regularly', but I decided it's not exactly accurate and,
Towards the end of 2012, I was overwhelmed by the idea of being just one indie-minded reader in a literary world dominated by mega-publishers and mega-retailers. I felt unsure how to affect change, how to best respond to the sense of despair swelling within my reading heart and mind. I
Does lugging large stacks of books, in- and out-doors, count as daily exercise? Here is part of my stack of Toronto Reading that's off the shelves these days.
Towards the end of 2012, I was overwhelmed by the idea of being just one indie-minded reader in a literary world dominated by mega-publishers and mega-retailers, unsure how to affect change, how to respond to the sense of despair swelling within my reading heart and mind. I decided that making
Novels: The piles are a-bloom, ever expanding. Each book has its own bookmark, each some degree of commitment attached, some commanding that kind of nervous energy that erupts when you begin a book and think that it might just be a perfect book written just for you. Like a debut novel
