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
Wonder World by K.R. Byggdin (Enfield & Wizenty) When I saw the cover of this book (a jar of pickles?), I knew I had to read it. (And--although Byggdin grew up in Manitoba--they are now living on the East Coast.) Isaac Funk has been living in Halifax for ten years; for ten years he has … Continue reading From the Library: Community, growing up, and pop tarts
I like most of the books I read, but I especially appreciate unique ways of telling stories. Miriam Toews wanted to write about the events that happened in the Manitoba Colony of Bolivia. Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote Mennonite colony in Bolivia named the Manitoba Colony, after the province in Canada, many girls … Continue reading Women Talking by Miriam Toews
I read Irma Voth to fulfill the I obligation in my A-Z CanLit Challenge, going with the title instead of the author's name this time. A little while ago, I read All My Puny Sorrows and loved it, so I thought it would be fun to read another Miriam Toews book. Irma Voth is … Continue reading Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Consumed by Ink 