This idea started at Pickle Me This, then I saw it on Reading in Bed and Bookish Beck. If I'm missing someone, let me know in the comments! Reading in Winter (who has read an impressive number of books this year!) has also participated. I'd love to hear where your books come from, too. Join in! You … Continue reading Where Do My Books Come From?
Month: December 2017
Peninsula Sinking by David Huebert
Look at the cover of this book. It couldn't be more stunning. With stories to match. Peninsula Sinking is David Huebert's first short story collection. He has won the CBC Short Story Prize, the Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize, and the Walrus Poetry Prize, and is the author of one poetry collection We Are No Longer the … Continue reading Peninsula Sinking by David Huebert
A Halifax Christmas Carol by Steven Laffoley
Before you start to think I'm completely obsessed with the Halifax Explosion, let me explain... When I first saw this book I thought it was going to be a twist on Dickens's A Christmas Carol, set in Halifax. Which it is... but it's not as close to A Christmas Carol as I was expecting it … Continue reading A Halifax Christmas Carol by Steven Laffoley
#LiteraryWives: A Lady and her Husband by Amber Reeves (1914)
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary Wives … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: A Lady and her Husband by Amber Reeves (1914)
Consumed by Ink 