Saturday, April 13, 2019

NO MIDDLE NAME


Lee Child. NO MIDDLE NAME: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories. Delacorte, 2017.

The very best way to read Reacher. Because you can stop and pause after forty pages or so, and not sacrifice a whole weekend at once. Love the stories of his youth too, and of his brother Joe. 


Thursday, April 4, 2019

I AM A METIS

Peter O'Neil. I AM A METIS: The Story of Gerry St. Germain. Harbour, 2016. 

Biography of a BC entrepreneur, Conservative politician under Brian Mulroney, senator. Very interesting story of the late development of Metis pride.  



Monday, April 1, 2019

RU

Kim Thuy. RU. Vintage Canada, 2012.

Beautiful. Poetic. Experiences of a privileged female driven from home by war to a new life elsewhere, in Quebec. 


LUNA

 Sharon Butala. LUNA. Harper, 1988. Enjoyed reading this story of the lives of women in rural Saskatchewan at the end of the 20th century. A...