Literary Wives is an on-line book club 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 … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Disobedient Wife by Annika Milisic-Stanley
Summer Reading 2016
For the last couple of summers, Cathy @ 746Books has been hosting the 20 Books of Summer. Being the kind of reader who has a hard time sticking to lists, I haven't joined in the past. But this year, I have that big stack of library books I want to read. I'm starting off easy … Continue reading Summer Reading 2016
One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left To Hide by Christian Kiefer
I read Christian Kiefer's The Animals last year and loved it. So, I was happy to be sent a copy of his new novella. I didn't expect it to be just like his previous work, but I also wasn't expecting it to be so completely different. In fact, it's completely different from anything I have … Continue reading One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left To Hide by Christian Kiefer
The Radiant City by Lauren B. Davis
Yet another wonderful and gripping book by Lauren B. Davis. I have read The Empty Room, Our Daily Bread, Against A Darkening Sky, and now one of her older novels The Radiant City, and I have loved them all. They are each filled with darkness, hardship and sadness, but with completely different stories and characters. … Continue reading The Radiant City by Lauren B. Davis
Dancing In a Jar by Adele Poynter
Dancing In a Jar is a quiet, gentle epistolary novel. A refreshing look at a time gone by, in a place where the author grew up, and a community that knew how to live in the present and make the most out of life. What I liked about Dancing In a Jar: 1)You will not … Continue reading Dancing In a Jar by Adele Poynter
Hangman’s Beach by Thomas H. Raddall
A little while ago I wrote about my re-read of The Nymph and the Lamp. I went on and on about how much I loved it and what a great story-teller Thomas Raddall is, but I only had one of his books under my belt; I felt like I needed more evidence to back me … Continue reading Hangman’s Beach by Thomas H. Raddall
King Leary by Paul Quarrington
To keep a boy out of hot water, put him on ice. Not all Canadians are big hockey fans, and I am in the camp that is not. So, a book about hockey and a bunch of ancient hockey players? It doesn't sound very appealing to me, but I put my qulams aside and trusted … Continue reading King Leary by Paul Quarrington
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Love and learning are similar, in that they can never be wasted. I could have been a lab girl. Except that I imagined my 'lab' would be the ocean. But after reading Lab Girl, I'm not so sure I would have been cut out for it. The amount of time, energy and dedication that has … Continue reading Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Library Checkout: April 2016
Hosted by Shannon at River City Reading. Our library closed on May 1 for relocation. Anything we took out of the library after April 11 is not due back until August 2. So you know I've taken advantage of this. I have until August 2 to read all these books (along with other non-library books) … Continue reading Library Checkout: April 2016
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Have you ever wondered what Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss were like as people? You may know some of their accomplishments and where they're from and when they lived, but what I liked about this book is 1)how they are portrayed, and 2)the way their lives are shown to entwine with each other … Continue reading Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Consumed by Ink 