When I love someone, boy, I don’t hide it. Not one bit. And, most folks who know me know I have a certain affinity for work written by Carol Shields — which led me to spend this past wee… more →
eeinktoniwhitmont wrote 1 month ago: Has anyone out there read An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay? Kay has just picked up the Orange Awa … more →
thatsthebook wrote 2 months ago: This week, take us on a literary tour of your hometown!Do you live in a place where a famous author … more →
ecriturefemme wrote 2 months ago: When I love someone, boy, I don’t hide it. Not one bit. And, most folks who know me know I h … more →
Kandy wrote 2 months ago: People often ask me did I base my dog Brutus in Love is a Four-Legged Word on a real dog. My muse Br … more →
alison wrote 2 months ago: Our Boxed Lunch Book Club meets tomorrow from 12-1. This month we are discussing Carol Shields n … more →
Lilian Nattel wrote 3 months ago: Unless: A Novel by Carol Shields My review This is a gem. Although as a mom, I thought I’d f … more →
scott lefaive wrote 5 months ago: i’ve been thinking a lot about the fact that we lack agency in posthoumously appointing a biog … more →
dawnwing wrote 5 months ago: My Bookshelf My goal today was to stay busy, and I decided to sort out my bookshelf. I began around … more →
elladk wrote 6 months ago: Oh dear, I didn’t mean to go silent for so long again, there were lots of things I wanted to w … more →
scott lefaive wrote 7 months ago: 1. last week a stuffed animal, pencillin, arrived from giant microbes for my mom. she’s allerg … more →
Laurel Ann wrote 9 months ago: “All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne … more →
Arti wrote 9 months ago: You are invited to vote on the poll question: Which Austen heroine do you think Jane was most like? … more →
ecriturefemme wrote 1 year ago: Carol Shields in “A View from the Edge of the Edge.” Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordina … more →
ecriturefemme wrote 1 year ago: Shields’ obituary on NPR and also a previously recorded interview with Shields primarily discu … more →
Diane wrote 1 year ago: When I was a little girl aged 9, one of my best friends was a boy called Andrew. He lived just down … more →
ecriturefemme wrote 1 year ago: “Maybelle brought her blocked husband smoked fish wrapped in butcher’s paper. Also wond … more →
Nathan Hobby wrote 1 year ago: The main character is Daisy Goodwill, and it’s not exactly a diary. But Stone refers to the su … more →
rmaitzen wrote 2 years ago: A recent talk with a good friend sent me back to my bookshelf to revisit Carol Shields’s Unles … more →
ecriturefemme wrote 2 years ago: Studying the various covers used for The Stone Diaries is interesting. My favorite one is the f … more →