The Kind of Book Reader I Am
I’m a hate, book-busting, delayed-onset (#1), cross-under, sleepy bedtime reader. And you?
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The Joy of Books
This has been going around the bookish internets this week, and I love it. Love love love. (And look for some Hoopla action. It’s a fabulous embroidery book.)
The Books I Loved and Hated in 2011
This was an unusual reading year for me, what with the arrival of Owen at New Year’s and the subsequent months of not sleeping. Mid-January, as I continued to read four pages a day in […]
Crafty Bookworm
Earlier today, Victoria (AKA @sfgirlbybay) tweeted a link to a great post about why books need bloggers. And over on her blog, Cirilia posted a photo of her crafty books and listed her favourites. We […]
Holiday Win: An Ode to the Indie Bookstore
One of the sad publishing-industry events in Vancouver in 2010 was the shuttering of Duthie Books, one of the last great non-used indie bookstores in town. I admit I had mixed feelings about its closing. […]
How I Find the Books I Read
I’ve been thinking about my book-buying habits lately. Partly because I’ve been reading ebooks on my iPad and partly just because I’m fascinated by the evolving business of publishing. So I decided to be systematic. […]
Twilight Saga: It Won’t Ruin Girls’ Lives, But I Sure Take Issue With It
In the last eleven days I have read 2500 pages of teen vampire drama-romance. What started as an electric devouring of young-adult escapist fantasy ended in a feminist rage. No worries, though; I’m not going […]
