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Word Nerd, by Susin Nielsen
I’ll admit it, despite a couple of English degrees, I’m a pretty lousy Scrabble player. Like anyone who’s ever been disembowelled by the use of a word like “QAT” or a we… more →
The Keepin' It Real Book Club
Word Nerd, by Susin Nielsen
JK wrote 2 days ago: I’ll admit it, despite a couple of English degrees, I’m a pretty lousy Scrabble player. … more →
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
JK wrote 1 week ago: I was given The Time Traveler’s Wife sometime in 2005, about the time it came out in paperback … more →
The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
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JK wrote 3 weeks ago: I started reading the much-anticipated The Year of the Flood before the Giller shortlist was announc … more →
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
JK wrote 1 month ago: It’s a running joke that there’s never any food in my parents’ house. My mother la … more →
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, by Rebecca Mead
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JK wrote 1 month ago: This summer I was invited to five weddings. I went to three, and of those was in the wedding party f … more →
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch
JK wrote 1 month ago: Let’s start here. I was prepared to like this book. I may lose some literary street cred here, … more →
We So Seldom Look on Love, by Barbara Gowdy
JK wrote 2 months ago: I’ve mentioned before that I’m a hard sell when it comes to short stories — I thin … more →
Shelf Monkey, by Corey Redekop
JK wrote 2 months ago: As much as we’re self-proclaimed nerds and social maladjusts, bibliophiles also nurse a quiet … more →
Candy Girl, by Diablo Cody
JK wrote 3 months ago: When my friend Reeder told me she was reading a book by Diablo Cody, I was excited (and for the reco … more →
The Host, by Stephenie Meyer
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JK wrote 4 months ago: It’s important to start by saying that I’m not a Stephenie Meyer hater, in fact, I found … more →
The Review Backlog
JK wrote 4 months ago: I know I’ve been shamefully absent. I blame summer (and summer romance for that matter). But j … more →
Until I Find You, by John Irving
JK wrote 5 months ago: I’m utterly convinced that one day I’m going to see John Irving on the subway. He lives … more →
February, by Lisa Moore
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JK wrote 5 months ago: Grief, memory, trauma. Fairly standard NCL-issued tropes with which we are all familiar. But with he … more →
The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway
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JK wrote 6 months ago: “It screamed downward, splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brough … more →
The Gum Thief, by Douglas Coupland
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JK wrote 6 months ago: Okay, back in the reviewing saddle, though this one will probably be a quickie – partly becaus … more →
Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
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JK wrote 7 months ago: While book lovers almost universally malign their favourite books being turned into movies, reading … more →
Happy Earth Day!
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JK wrote 7 months ago: On this day when we take a little extra time to think about the planet, I thought I’d take the … more →
Mistress of the Sun, by Sandra Gulland
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JK wrote 7 months ago: With a history degree and two English degrees under my belt, it’s safe to say I’m a big … more →
The Winter Vault, by Anne Michaels
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JK wrote 7 months ago: Full disclosure: I love Fugitive Pieces. It’s one of my favourite books. I have a vivid memory … more →
