Othello
It has been a few years since I read a Shakespeare play. While I have reread one since high school, I have not taken time…
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life
A memoir of Barbara Kingsolver and her family's attempt of eat food produced by themselves or in their own Virgina neighborhood for a year. This…
Sunday Salon: Back
I am back to reading again, though the recovery from such a busy two months has not been easy to transition. I've been watching more…
Hable con ella (Talk to her)
My third Pedro Almodóvar film, and if I haven't said it before: I really like this guy's work. Auteurs are interesting and getting rarer. First…
Booking Through Thursday — Springing
Do your reading habits change in the Spring? Do you read gardening books? Even if you don’t have a garden? More light fiction than during…
342 745 Ways to Herd Cats or tl;dr
From May to November 2008. Make a list of 10 books you love/like and then pick three to read from the lists of other participants.…
Booking Through Thursday – Vocabulary
I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down…
Sunday Salon: Swiftly Tilting April
Even though I said I was going to be back to regularly scheduled reading this week, I have not been. My honours thesis is behind…
Booking Through Thursday – Writing Challenge
Pick up the nearest book. (I’m sure you must have one nearby.) Turn to page 123. What is the first sentence on the page? The…
Movie Meme
1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times. No such movie exists. I don't rewatch movies all that much, and there…
Sunday Salon: Mind’s eye
Alas, almost one month of Sundays of me not reading. Though, I will be back on the horse next week. No updates really. I still…