The Handmaid’s Tale – Graphic Novel, by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault. Pub 2019 This dystopic story has been on my reading list for the last few years, in a world that sometimes increasing resembles these fictional horror worlds, familiar and other-worldly at the same time. Also, there are the recent mini-serieses dramatizing the world... Continue Reading →
Wild Dogs, by Helen Humphreys. Book report #20 (2018)
Wild Dogs, by Helen Humphreys. Pub 2004 I’ve read almost all of Helen Humphreys’ novels, but strangely not this one. Strange because this one was specifically recommended to me. It was in the early fall of 2008 (I think). I was visiting my friends Joan and Pete on the Sunshine Coast for the Pender Harbour... Continue Reading →
The Uncollected David Rakoff. Book report #15 (2018)
The Uncollected David Rakoff, ed. by Timothy G. Young. Pub 2015 I have read all of David Rakoff’s books, and enjoyed them all, so was delighted to find this collection of previously unpublished (or at least uncollected) works. David Rakoff’s essays are brilliant – wry, introspective, prescient, sad, and funny. Most are highly personal, sometimes... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Book report #14 (2018)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Pub 1884 I was led to re-read this book after watching the Ken Burns documentary about Mark Twain (which was fascinating and highly recommended). A big part of the documentary was about his most famous book and character, and so inspired me to pick this one up... Continue Reading →
Milk and Honey, by Rupi Kaur, and The Other Side of Ourselves, by Rob Taylor. Books 11 and 12 (2018)
Milk and Honey, by Rupi Kaur. Pub 2015 The Other Side of Ourselves, by Rob Taylor. Pub 2011 Poetry time. I finished both of these on the same day, even though I started one a while ago. Insomnia is a great friend to making progress on the reading list. These two books couldn’t be more... Continue Reading →
Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje. Book report #10 (2018)
Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje. Pub 2018 I haven't been an Ondaatje fan, but a duo of events led me to read his latest: first, last week I found myself at a conference in Montreal, having finished the only book I brought with me and discovered that my Kindle battery was in need of a charge... Continue Reading →
Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande. Book Reports #2-6 (2018)
Being on vacation is a great way to catch up on reading: Book report #2: Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande. Pub 2014 A very thoughtful gift from a dear friend, this book was full of meaning for me. As I crest middle-age and look forward, considerations of aging – from where and how to live, and... Continue Reading →
Some Great Thing, by Lawrence Hill. Book report #26 (2017)
Some Great Thing, by Lawrence Hill. Pub 1992 I found this book when searching for a book set in Winnipeg (of which there are few) and a book published in 1992. Like The Republic of Love, this one met both criteria, and also happened to be one I’d not read before. Et voila, book 26!... Continue Reading →
Good Bones and Simple Murders, by Margaret Atwood. Book report #25 (2017)
Good Bones and Simple Murders, by Margaret Atwood. Pub 1994 (from material 1982-1994). An interesting if uneven collection of pieces, the material verges from short story to elegiac poem, covering science fiction, historical fiction and anthropomorphic portrayal. All with a healthy dose of strident feminism and a sprinkle of environmental guilt. While I usually like... Continue Reading →
The Republic of Love, by Carol Shields. Book report #24 (2017)
The Republic of Love, by Carol Shields. Pub 1992. This is one of my Desert Island books, one that I have read and reread and never tire of. It seemed ideal for this book project, as it fulfills both the "book that was published when I was half the age I am now" (which seems... Continue Reading →
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