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Review: Sisters Torn by Cynthia J. Faryon
Sisters Torn by Cynthia J. Faryon ~ 2001. This edition: Caitlin Press, 2001. Softcover. ISBN: 0-920576-92-3. 297 pages. My rating: 4/10. A tragic family story, and much as I respected the author’s...
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Reviews: Extra Virgin by Annie Hawes
Surfacing briefly from the May supreme busy-ness which only escalate in the coming weeks – I’m in the plant nursery business – to talk a bit about a book. Much as I’d like to maunder on in-depth about...
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Review: Outside the Line by Christan Petersen
Outside the Line by Christian Petersen ~ 2009. This edition: Dundurn Press, 2009. Paperback. ISBN: 978-1-55002-859-1. 213 pages. My rating: 6/10. I must admit I gave this one an extra dash of “like”...
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Review: Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson ~ 2000. This edition: Vintage Canada, 2001. Softcover. ISBN: 0676973221. 377 pages. My rating: 9.5/10. Fabulous writer, this Eden Robinson. Part of the time (most of the...
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Review: Honeymoon in Purdah by Alison Wearing
Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey by Alison Wearing ~ 2000. This edition: Vintage Canada, 2001. Softcover. ISBN: 0-676-97362-0. 319 pages. My rating: 9.5/10 In 1995, a decade and a half after the...
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More Mini-Reviews for 2013: February’s Eclectic Collection Part 1
Looking back at my list of books read, February 2013 was obviously a good month for hitting the books, but not quite so good for writing reviews. Playing catch-up, then with a series of short...
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More Mini-Reviews for 2013: February’s Eclectic Collection Part 2
Here are a few more catch-up reviews from February of 2013. ***** The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ~ 2006 This edition: Europa, 2008. Translated from the French by Alison Anderson....
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Review: After the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
After the Falls: Coming of Age in the Sixties by Catherine Gildiner ~ 2009. This edition: Vintage, 2010. Softcover. ISBN: 978-0-307-39823-9. 344 pages. My rating: 8.5/10 Wow. That was unexpected. I was...
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Poem: “To the New Year” by W.S. Merwin
A friend has shared this poem with me, and I now share it with all of you. Happy New Year! To the New Year With what stillness at last you appear in the valley your first sunlight reaching down to...
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Readings in a Minor Key: J.B. Priestley’s Adam in Moonshine, Christopher...
These three books were not as diverting as I’d wished them to be. Perhaps in another mood at another time I would give them better reviews – and I do intend to give Priestley’s Adam in Moonshine a...
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Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie: A Constellation of Stars is in Order Here
As most of you know I’m not one to get all worked up about bestselling authors, choosing instead to let the hype die down for at least a decade or two (okay, maybe a generation or two might be more...
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A witty teenage outcast with Something in her closet: The Blue Girl by...
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint ~ 2004. This edition: Firebird, 2006. Paperback. ISBN: 0-14-240545-0. 368 pages. My rating: 6/10 This was supposed to be my “Hallowe’en theme” book post, but I kept...
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