Domnica Radulescu’s Country of Red Azaleas (2016)

2016-06-16T19:10:19-04:00

In the middle of her long, incense-soaked wedding ceremony, Lara Kulicz amuses herself by creating a philosopher's alphabet, assigning a name to each letter of the alphabet, identifying X for Xenophon just when the priest declares the couple "man and wife". In much the same way, Domnia Radulescu incorporates light-hearted

Domnica Radulescu’s Country of Red Azaleas (2016)2016-06-16T19:10:19-04:00

Péter Gárdos’ Fever at Dawn (2010; 2016)

2017-07-20T17:32:05-04:00

Fever at Dawn by Péter Gárdos began with a box of letters, or, more accurately, the letter-writers, who would become his parents. House of Anansi, 2016 "But for fifty years I did not know that their letters still existed. In the midst of political unheaval and the chaos of moving to

Péter Gárdos’ Fever at Dawn (2010; 2016)2017-07-20T17:32:05-04:00

December 2015, In My Reading Log

2020-09-16T15:54:55-04:00

Three of these books were inspired by the conjunction between my own shelves and this year's Random House Bingo, which has a CanLit theme. The Tiger Claw filled my Nominated-for-the-Giller square, Evan Munday's second October Schwartz for the Mystery-or-Thriller square, and Elaine Lui's book about her relationship with her mother

December 2015, In My Reading Log2020-09-16T15:54:55-04:00

On reading, at last, Rilla of Ingleside

2015-08-27T16:18:03-04:00

I can no longer claim that reading about grown-up Anne is boring, when that would clearly mean I, as a grown-up, must be boring too. So I have had to come up with other reasons to avoid reading the final Anne book. Knowing what a chore it was for LMM

On reading, at last, Rilla of Ingleside2015-08-27T16:18:03-04:00

August 2015, In My Bookbag

2017-07-24T15:24:57-04:00

Over the summer, I have been reading a lot of magazines. With some magazines, I "subscribe-incessently-and-renew-unthinkingly" and, with others, I practice the "when-I'm-in-the-mood-to-browse-the-newsstand" method.  Both of these purchasing methods result in a tremendous backlog of reading for me, because I'm curious about so many things that the stacks quickly become

August 2015, In My Bookbag2017-07-24T15:24:57-04:00
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