Category Archives: Books
General Trauma and Get Over Yourself Books: An Annotated Biographical Bibliography
[I started writing this months ago- crap. Just clicked the link- November] I was listening to CBC this morning. The Sunday Edition was airing the second part of an episode on the hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Michael Enright … Continue reading
SEX:An Annotated Biographical Bibliography
This might come as a shocker, but this post was very hard for me to write. I spent most of my life not even talking about sex, let alone writing about it publicly. So why? Why put myself out there … Continue reading
Hell Years: Introduction to an Annotated Bibliography
Reading. Reading is my comfort, my addiction, my solace. For most of my life I have been able to get lost in a book. Get lost in a book. I never really thought about that phrase before, what it means. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be female, a topic I have deftly avoided until now. I guess having two teenage daughters will do that to a gal. Why are they so hesitant to put … Continue reading
Book Review: Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews Greg Gaines’ major talent is blending in. In fact, he’s made it a point for his whole high school career to not make any friends or enemies, but to surf … Continue reading
Book Review: The Imposter Bride
The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler A young woman, traumatized from the events she witnessed in Europe, arrives in Montreal after the war. She is there to meet her groom, whom she has never met before. But from the glimpse he … Continue reading
