If you feel like a fast, enjoyable read to pass the time then I would love to recommend M.C. Beaton and her Hamish MacBeth mystery novels. Set in Northern Scotland in the small village of Lochdubh, our hero and main character Hamish MacBeth is the lone police constable responsible for upholding the law in and... Continue Reading →
For Joshua, an Ojibway Father Teaches His Son by Richard Wagamese
Wagamese is a gifted writer and writing has been his way of surving being down and out and his way to the upper echelon of Canadian literature. In For Joshua, Wagamese writes a poignant story to his (estranged) son, not asking for forgiveness, but for an attempt at understanding and an attempt at teaching. Wagamese... Continue Reading →
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations brings to mind a Monty Python sketch about Australian table wines. Describing a bottle of Perth Pink they say: ‘This is a bottle with a message in it, and the message is “beware”. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.’ I agonized for a... Continue Reading →
Such a pretty fat
Now this was fun to read. I can't think of anything better to do on a dull rainy weekend. Well...maybe a few things. This was my third Jen Lancaster book and I highly recommend it. This is what author Jennifer Cobourn has to say about this author "Jen Lancaster is like David Sedaris with pearls... Continue Reading →
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