Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, 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 … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: The Constant Wife
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley Many Canadians around my age first knew Sarah Polley as the "Story Girl" in CBC's Road to Avonlea. More recently, she's known for her work directing Alias Grace and Women Talking, movies based on books by Margaret Atwood and Miriam Toews. Sarah Polley's memoir touches on major events … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening To: child actors, brushes with death, food additives, reconciliation, family histories, and climate change
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, 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 … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: Lessons in Chemistry
Marcie wrote a post recently about community: what it is and the importance of it whether it be in real life or online. Over the years (11 of them now) I have treasured this online community of readers and bloggers; you've shared my enthusiasm for books, publishers, authors, and reading as well as shared with … Continue reading Highlights of 2024
A big thank you to Rebecca and Cathy for hosting Novellas in November again this year. It's a fun way to sneak in some short books that might otherwise be overlooked or forgotten about. (Many of the novellas I read this year came through my library's interlibrary loan department. #loveyourlibrary) Novellas allow me to fit … Continue reading #NovNov: Novellas in November (in December) 2024
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, 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 … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: Euphoria by Elin Cullhed
Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell I requested this book after reading what Marcie and Bill had to say about it, quite a while ago now. They read it together for the Ursula K. Le Guin Fiction Prize, and it turned out to be the winner. Arboreality is novella length and made up of inter-connected short stories … Continue reading From the Library: Seventh Day Adventists, satirical writing advice, and futuristic fiction
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, 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 … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Okay, folks. I am really behind on my audiobook write-ups, so I'm taking this opportunity to catch up. The following constitute almost a whole year's worth of listening. Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud A collection of essays about growing up in Canada after immigrating from Sudan at the age of 12 and exploring what … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening To: a year of learning new things
Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, 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 … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Consumed by Ink 