My last post focused on Best Atlantic Canadian Reads of 2018. Here's everything else... Best Books (in addition to Best of Atlantic Canada 2018, in no particular order): The Prisoner and the Chaplain by Michelle Berry You Are Among Monsters by Jon R. Flieger The Red Word by Sarah Henstra (winner of the 2018 Governor General Literary … Continue reading Highlights of 2018
Category: Other Books
#LiteraryWives: The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
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: The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve
#LiteraryWives: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
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: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Remember Eileen? I'm a fan of that book, despite its depressing heroine and its disturbing weirdness (or probably because of it). Sure enough, Moshfegh has delivered another weird story with an unlikable character. And, once again, it was hard to put down. I had started "hibernating" as best I could in mid-June of 2000. I … Continue reading My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
#LiteraryWives: First Love by Gwendoline Riley
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: First Love by Gwendoline Riley
#LiteraryWives: Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
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: Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Two Novellas: ‘The Pigeon’ by Patrick Süskind and ‘The End We Start From’ By Megan Hunter
The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind (1987) I read about this book at Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends, and loved the sound of it. Just a man over the course of one day of his life, albeit an unusual day for him compared to all the others, brought about by the presence of a pigeon. I was … Continue reading Two Novellas: ‘The Pigeon’ by Patrick Süskind and ‘The End We Start From’ By Megan Hunter
#LiteraryWives: The Headmaster’s Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
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: The Headmaster’s Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
#ReadingIreland18: John Boyne and Maggie O’Farrell
Reading Ireland Month is hosted by Cathy at 746Books and Niall at The Fluff is Raging. I made it with two days left to spare! Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne I have now read three of Boyne's books for children and none of his adult books. I don't know why this … Continue reading #ReadingIreland18: John Boyne and Maggie O’Farrell
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
After reading The Pursuit of Memory by Joseph Jebelli, a nonfiction title about the research and treatment development of Alzheimer's Disease, I wanted to find a good novel to go with it. What luck for me that Rachel Khong's delightful Goodbye, Vitamin came out last year. (It is also on the 2018 Tournament of Books shortlist.) Ruth … Continue reading Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Consumed by Ink 