Thursday, July 8, 2021

TIME AND TIDE

 Edna O'Brien. TIME AND TIDE. Plume, 1999. 


Inspired to turn to my TO READ pile of O'Brien by her commentary in the Hemingway PBS biography. 

This book follows an Irish woman making it on her own, with two sons, in London. 



Read May 2021

MEDICINE WALK

 Richard Wagamese. MEDICINE WALK.


Reread this favourite for the U of M Book Club. Enjoyed it even more this time. Miss him. 



Reread April 2021

GUARDIANS OF BEING

 Eckhart Tolle . GUARDIANS OF BEING. Art by Patrick McDonnell. New World, 2009.

Awareness and joy. Another gift.


Read April 2021.

WASHINGTON BLACK

Esi Edugyan. Washington Black. Harper Collins, 2018. 

Thoroughly enjoyed this big novel set in early 1800s in the Caribbean, America, the Arctic, Nova Scotia, and England. 


Read March 2021

WESTWIND

 Ian Rankin. Westwind. Orion, 1990, 2019.

Bought this without realizing that it is not a Rebus story. 


Read January 2021

HOME BODY

 Rupi Kaur. Home Body. Simon & Shuster, 2020.


Very inspiring. 


Read January 2021

LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE

Celeste Ng. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. Penguin, 2017.

Read this in January for the U of M Book Club. Enjoyed the story of alternative and dysfunctional families living in a designed community in Cleveland (one of the few American cities I have visited). Changes were made for the television adaptation. 


Read January 2021

STICKBOY

  Shane Koyczan. Stickboy. Parlance, 2008. I have been a fan of this BC writer for 25 years, since I first heard about his win in San Fra...