2019-03-15 13:20
I probably wouldn't have read Fiona Barton's The Widow, had not one of the women in a book discussion group I lead found herself faced with it shortly after the death of her husband four yea… Read More
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Being a regular series of comments about books from Mary Soderstrom, writer and reader.
2019-03-08 15:59
The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte was one of my Christmas books that I dipped into in early January, but had to put aside for work-related rea… Read More
2019-02-10 14:53
This season I have six book discussion groups in Montreal-area libraries and I've been paddling fast to keep my head above water.Usually in the groups I can count on a couple of repetitions… Read More
2018-09-16 00:16
I had not realized that this year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. It was the first chapter book I ever read on my own--the first time… Read More
2018-05-28 00:53
It's that time of year again: the lists for the book groups I lead in Montreal libraries are now just about finalized. As you see below, they're quite eclectic, but contain a lot of go… Read More
2018-04-30 13:12
There are times when your concerns circle around and around. The news this morning, with a caravan of refugees at the border between the US and Mexico at Tijuana, seems to be one of th… Read More
2018-03-24 20:54
Great way to start a Saturday: An email announcing that Road through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move (University of Regina Press) has been short-listed for the 2017 Indies Book… Read More
2018-02-24 14:03
It looks like we've got a title for my book about pairs of places that have much in common, but diverge in significant ways: Borderline Behaviour, Why Place That Should Be Alike Aren't. &hell…Read More
2018-02-10 15:32
At some point I acquired an ornamental orange tree. It was probably 20 or more years ago, and each year I put it outside for the summer and brought it in October, where it migh… Read More
2018-01-15 13:55
One of the delights of having children is revisiting books you've read as a child, or reading books that have been written since then. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis are a cas… Read More
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