Friday, September 26, 2014

Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet

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The cover shows Aurora next to the hand of a human corpse. A quirky combo of sweet and macabre, Beautiful Darkness is an astonishing ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Anne of Green Gables: Revisiting a Childhood Favourite

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It was a pleasure to recently re-read a book that I loved when I was young. More than 40 years separate my two readings of  Anne of Green ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

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In the introspective new novel from Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage , a young man eventually discove...
Monday, September 8, 2014

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

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"My father's wife died. My mother said we should drive down to his place and see what might be in it for us." From these o...
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

A Garden of Marvels by Ruth Kassinger

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It took me nine weeks to read Ruth Kassinger's  A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Othe...
Monday, September 1, 2014

Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley

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Seconds is a charming full-colour graphic novel stand-alone by Bryan Lee O'Malley, author of the Scott Pilgrim series. Katie is a ...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow

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Two things prompted me to re-read  War of Streets and Houses , Sophie Yanow's slim comics memoir about the Montreal student strike in ...