Life is change, my dear, so we might as well enjoy it, don't you think? (63) About a month ago I finally placed all the Giller ...

After reading Good Behaviour by Molly Keane earlier this month, I was thrilled to see that my library has most of Molly Keane's boo...

2 a.m. insomnia and none in the stack of half-perused books on the floor by my bed would suffice. Off I trundled to scour the shelves for ...

Having never read any of Dervla Murphy's writing before picking up her autobiography at the library last week, I only knew that she wro...

 Divided by the months of the year, we dip into the lives of Mayle and his (largely unmentionned) wife as they settle into life in thei...

The Awakening is very close to perfection.  In each paragraph, there is much to be pondered.  Kate Chopin's s subtle use of symbol...

Included as the first story in Jane Urquhart's Penquin Book of Canadian Short Stories (2007), it is also the title story from Alice...

    At a Loss for Words by Diane Schoemperlen is a very fast and fun read.  Written as a letter to a man who has broken her heart, we ...

My experience with all of Margaret Atwood's books has always been that they start off slowly, setting the scene in almost a ploddi...

 'I spent some time farther north - went up to a mission when I was only a kid with one of the priests, and later after I had grow...

Anne of Windy Poplars is the fourth book in L.M. Montgomery's Anne series.  Set during the period while Anne is principal at Summe...

It has been a very long time since I last read this book.  I can't remember if I read it since becoming an adult.  As I read it al...

I first read this book in my final year of high school when one girl complained to the teacher because she didn't think it was rig...