I was on a long hiatus when Booking Through Thursday posted this great idea: Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 123. What is the first sentence on the page? The last sentence on the page? Now . . . connect them together…I think it would be even more interesting to juxtapose the first […]
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I was in the pub after at my writer’s circle this week and one of the members made an observation. I never reveal myself in my fiction. She does, automatically. Her novel in-in-progress grows organically out of her life and it is very funny and touching for it. Out of the ten of us, we
I will be attending the Writers Circle of Durham Region Ontario Writers Conference May 2 – 3. Order of Canada recipient Wayson Choy is the honorary patron. As a member of the Writers’ Circle of Durham Region, it will be interesting to see its first Ontario Writers’ Conference. I will miss the Friday master classes
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With the holidays on, I have been reading but not taking the time to write reviews. Here are a couple of quick recommendations: I recently read the first two books in the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. These are well-done teen dystopias. Of course I enjoyed them, in a craft-envious kind of way. They should
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I stole this fabulous idea from Ebony’s reading blog. Read ‘Em and Eat Party Invite several friends over for a potluck party. Each person brings 3-5 books to give away. Inside each book, guests write their name, number and a brief review of the book. Each person picks several books to take home. After the
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Do you use any of the online book-cataloguing sites, like Library Thing or Shelfari? Why or why not? (Or . . . do you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking to?? (grin))If not an online catalog, do you use any other method to catalog your book collection? Excel spreadsheets, index cards, a notebook, anything?Despite
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This week’s question is suggested by Island Editions:Do you have a favourite book, now out of print, that you would like to see become available again? (I have several…)I don’t have a favorite by my husband does. He reads the historical children’s series by Ronald Welch which starts with I Am David. Just last week
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Last week I finished reading Ditch, by Hal Niedzviecki. There is an excellent review of it (“The harrowing of Hal,” by Kevin Bolger, The Globe and Mail, September 8, 2001) on Niedzviecki’s own home page: Smell It.ca. I have to agree with much that is said here. The matieral (Debs a porn queen and her
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I recently watched Disney’s new fairy tale spoof, Enchanted. After Shrek my expectations were high. The preview looked funny. I was in the mood for a good time. I wanted to see Susan Sarandon as the evil queen. Sarandon did a pretty good job, by the way. The acting was good. This is a pretty,
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This week, Booking Through Thursday asks: Do you get on a roll when you read, so that one book leads to the next, which leads to the next, and so on and so on? I don’t so much mean something like reading a series from beginning to end, but, say, a string of books that