I was intrigued to discover this video posted on YouTube advertising C.S. Richardson’s The Emperor of Paris (. I think it does a lovely job of capturing the novel’s seductive enigmas, although the necessary compression…
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So where was I? Ah, yes, I’ve managed to move my catch-up from First, to Second. . . and that only took me three weeks. Time to get to Third base here, and that’s the…
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We’re leaving for Amsterdam (five days there, then most of the month in France) early next week, and when I return I’ll be even further behind in recording my reading! So I’m just going to…
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Much as I got swept up by so much of Richard Wagamese’s latest novel, Indian Horse (read on my Kobo), I had reservations about it long before the ending. I loved his descriptions of the landscape,…
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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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