This week, take us on a literary tour of your hometown!Do you live in a place where a famous author was born? Does your town have any cool literary museums or monuments? Does Stephen King live at the end of your street? Was Twilight set in your hometown?Share your fun literary facts about the town [...]
Archive for May, 2009
14 May
Theatrical Thursday – The Importance of Being Earnest
The first show that I saw at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival was Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. For any theatre fan this would be a show you’ve probably seen it several time and probably involved with the show in someway. But it’s a show I absolutely adore. It’s almost sad how well I [...]
14 May
Booking Through Thursday #35 – Gluttony
Book Gluttony! Are your eyes bigger than your book belly? Do you have a habit of buying up books far quicker than you could possibly read them? Have you had to curb your book buying habits until you can catch up with yourself? Or are you a controlled buyer, only purchasing books when you have run [...]
13 May
Still Alive!
Hello All,
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. There are a number of reasons for that. First and foremost is I’ve had some major writers block, these past few days I feel as thought I’ve had nothing really to say. Since I have noting to say I decided to keep my trap shut, not [...]
7 May
Booking Through Thursday #34 – Graphic
Last Saturday (May 2nd) is Free Comic Book Day! In celebration of comics and graphic novels, some suggestions:
- Do you read graphic novels/comics? Why do/don’t you enjoy them?
- How would you describe the difference between “graphic novel” and “comic”? Is there a difference at all?
- Say you have a friend who’s never encountered graphic novels. [...]
6 May
The Man Who Forgot How to Read – Review
The Man Who Forgot How to Read
by Howard Engel
genre: Non-Fiction
I read this book as part of the CBC Book Club and the day the book came I decided to read it for the 24 Hour Read-a-Thon. I really wanted to get as much out of this book as possible but I had difficulty enjoying it. [...]
5 May
The Cellist of Sarajevo – Review
The Cellist of Sarajevo
by: Steven Galloway
Genre: Historical Fiction
This is one of the few books I’ve already read for The 2nd Canadian Book Challenge. I’ve read several reviews out there about Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo and couldn’t resist reading it any longer. This is a wonderful book and was very glad I picked it [...]
4 May
Weekly Review #18
This has been a slow reading week but that’s alright. I had the house to myself this past week and it was wonderful! It doesn’t often happen that the my two roommates leave the house at the same time. This past week there took a trip, with some other friends to Dominican Republic. It seems [...]
2 May
Weekly Geeks 2009-16
I only ask you to do one, some, all or none of the following:1. Explain your review format – if you have one. Or maybe your rating system?2. Highlight another book-blogger’s review format by linking to a favorite example – don’t forget to tell us why they are a fave! 3. Do a review in another [...]
