Weddings are wonderful; newlywed life is exciting and full of life, but marriage... marriage is hard. Don't get me wrong. I'm happily married and wouldn't trade my husband for any other partner, but being married can be work. Figuring out one another's strengths, weaknesses, habits, tics, … [Read more...]
What I’m Reading: Let’s Hear It For the Girls
My nine-year-old daughter is a voracious reader of series. She has plowed through everything from Magic Tree House to Chris Colfer's Land of Stories trilogy, and she loves finding a series that gets her hooked. Recently she started Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, and since I remember the summer … [Read more...]
What I’m Reading: Fall Books
Aaaaahhhh fall! So much to love about the season: boots and tights; apple crisp and pumpkin pie; cooler days and turning leaves. And just as we leave our beach and pool days behind, so too do we turn away from light, summer reads. I love the meatier, heavier tomes that come out in fall, and this … [Read more...]
What I’m Reading: “Frog Music”
A few years ago, I picked up Emma Donoghue's ROOM, not knowing anything about it. The best-selling novel was told in the voice of a five-year old boy who has been locked in a room with his mother all his life. It was an amazing, charming, funny literary tour de force. I've been looking forward to … [Read more...]
What I’m Reading: “All The Broken Things”
I think I fell in love with this book the first time I saw it. Throwing the old saying out the window, you really can judge this book by the cover. Kathryn Kuitenbower's All the Broken Things lives up to the beautiful, captivating artwork on the paperback. Set in Toronto in 1983, Bo is a … [Read more...]
The Reader
I thought I would get a lot of summer reading done this summer. Ha! Then life happened and I was lucky to have crammed in one book over my holidays. One day while downtown, I picked up a copy of Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace" and set about reading it on my break.I devoured it. Margaret Atwood is a … [Read more...]
News Headlines for Monday, April 6, 2009
In National News: Eastern Health 'should be shot' over cancer test handling: Williams (CBC)In our opinion: Cancer is unbelievably distressing to both patients and families; to have to deal with the uncertainty of flawed or missed laboratory tests is simply wrong. Unemployment to peak in 2010, board … [Read more...]
Book Club Reunion
Reading has always been an important part of my life, giving me sustenance and an escape from reality. I studied literature as my undergraduate major, and intellectually, I consider that time in my life to be the most personally fulfilling. Reading books from many different eras, … [Read more...]