Binge Reading/Watching
I did it. I binged watched Season 4 of Arrested Development. The whole thing. In three days (and I’m a working mama with three kids). Now that it’s done I want more. More dysfunctional families!...
View ArticlePatricia’s Picks for Horrific Halloween Reads
At my house, my children (aka The Monster Squad) are all going trick-or-treating dressed up as book characters. I am the proudest mama on the block to have Hermione, a wumpire and a dragon who loves...
View ArticleHeidi’s Reading Resolutions for 2014
Yesterday, Buzzfeed posted a “New Year’s Reading Resolutions” list exhorting us to become better readers. I must brag: I already do, or have done, everything mentioned on their list. Start a book club?...
View ArticleBook Rut
A few weeks ago, I abandoned a book two-thirds of the way through because I wasn’t enjoying it. I’m glad I did. But. Since then I’ve brought home book after book after book after book after… well,...
View ArticleFrom Yertle the Turtle to A Clockwork Orange
What do Anthony Burgess and Dr. Seuss have in common? Aside from the fact that they’re both playful with their language both are authors of books that have been challenged or banned. (Dr. Seuss for...
View ArticleSteven Galloway and Maggie Bolitho Reading on June 11
Steven Galloway people. The celebrated author of The Cellist of Sarajevo will be here on Wed., June 11th at 7pm to read from and discuss his new book, The Confabulist, which uses the life and sudden...
View ArticleBedtime reading is magic
It all started innocently enough: fourteen months ago I had had it up to here with reading Rainbow Magic books every night when there are so many other titles I’d rather be reading. In an attempt to...
View ArticlePatricia’s Fall 2014 Picks
We made it! Now that the kids are finally back to school, life can return to normal. (Yay!) Normal for me is reading book blogs and savouring the decision of what to read next. Will it be a book by...
View ArticleApps for Booklovers
It’s no great secret that I love books and all things bookish. That love certainly extends to apps. Apps make me a more prolific and enthusiastic reader, and I’m excited to share some of my favourite...
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