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Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
I was given The Time Traveler’s Wife sometime in 2005, about the time it came out in paperback I think. And, like millions of other people, I loved it. I’m a sucker for forbidden love, but… more →
The Keepin' It Real Book Club
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
JK wrote 4 weeks ago: I was given The Time Traveler’s Wife sometime in 2005, about the time it came out in paperback … more →
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
JK wrote 2 months 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 2 months ago: This summer I was invited to five weddings. I went to three, and of those was in the wedding party f … 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 →
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 →
The Hours, by Michael Cunningham
JK wrote 8 months ago: It is one of the greatest acts of literary audacity that I can think of not only to write as Virgini … more →
Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen
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Cheese wrote 9 months ago: Disclaimer: the following review deals with material that is highly technical, and some might say is … more →
Beyond the Horizon, by Colin Angus
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JK wrote 9 months ago: I recently agonized that I thought my TTC reading was causing me to fly through books as I travelled … more →
The Killing Circle, by Andrew Pyper
JK wrote 10 months ago: Last night I woke up at 3:30 am, struck by sudden-onset insomnia. I had only gone to bed 3 hours bef … more →
Lighthousekeeping, by Jeanette Winterson
JK wrote 10 months ago: “Tell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. There’s n … more →
King Leary, by Paul Quarrington
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JK wrote 10 months ago: As I currently make my way through the last of this year’s Canada Reads nominees, with the enc … more →
An Imperfect Offering, by James Orbinski
JK wrote 12 months ago: It was appropriate timing that the same day I finished reading James Orbinski’s An Imperfect O … more →
tales from outer suburbia, by shaun tan
JK wrote 1 year ago: I love this book. The smell of its pages transports me back to my childhood. Though marketed as a ch … more →
Whylah Falls, by George Elliott Clarke
JK wrote 1 year ago: My first exposure to George Elliott Clarke was when I saw him read from George & Rue at Acadia d … more →
10 reasons to read The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
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emilyjay wrote 1 year ago: 10. Death is the narrator, and if anyone (thing? entity?) can reflect, and reflect accurately, obje … more →
Blindness by Jose Saramago
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melissashaw wrote 1 year ago: Jose Saramago’s Nobel Prize winning novel, Blindness, does little to camouflage man’s se … more →
JPod, by Douglas Coupland
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JK wrote 1 year ago: I have to say that if I could spend the day in any writer’s head, I’d probably choose Do … more →
An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943
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JK wrote 1 year ago: To begin, I must thank the lovely Anne Lewis, for introducing me to Etty. Even in the first few page … more →
Runaway, by Alice Munro
JK wrote 1 year ago: Well, after being scarred by my awful first year treatment of Alice, coupled with my long standing ( … more →
