I miss beautiful ideas. More specifically, I miss reading a book where, interspersed with an intense and riveting story, are beautiful ideas. Ideas about how the world should work, about the human condition. Ideas to make the soul and brain expand. (and no, I am not talking about unfortunate bloating or swelling. Expanding in theContinue reading “I Miss Beautiful Ideas: Thoughts on The Dispossessed”
Category Archives: Books
What I Read When I Was Young
Do you remember what you read when you were a kid? I have been wracking my brain ever since I read the Jo Walton book, Among Others, and can only come up with a few titles. And I seriously did go to the library every week with a stack of books to return and alwaysContinue reading “What I Read When I Was Young”
Black Friday: A Detective Story (Redux)
In Honour of all those crazy shoppers out there, here is my first attempt (and perhaps my last) at a detective story. I posted this last year, but here it is because, well, because it is just so darn appropriate for today…
Review of 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi
I went to Jian Ghomeshi’s launch of his new book, 1982 in early October. Though it took me a while to warm up to Mister Ghomeshi when his dulcet tones began to waft from the maw of CBC Radio 1, he has since become one of my favourite radio personalities. He is smart, finds amazingContinue reading “Review of 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi”
Lina Branter 