Besidesreading for work, though, I’ve snuck in a few books just for me. Diana Athill’s Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend might be my favourite of the year so far; admittedly, I was predisposed…
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Much of the reading I’ve done so far this year has been work-related. I read an edited anthology of essays on West Coast writing in order to review the book (Making Waves: Reading BC and…
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This year, I’m not going to put off recording titles until I get a chance to respond to them thoughtfully because I’ve learned that may never happen. Instead, I’ll give a few quick impressions when…
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I did something clever in 2011, which made it much easier to collate my year’s reading list: I simply started a post at the beginning of the year, and tried to remember to add each…
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Last post of 2011, this will quickly sweep together those books I’ve finished but not responded to yet. Emphasis on “quickly”! Seymour Mayne’s Ricochet, a charming collection of word sonnets, English on one page, French…
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