Every time I pass by a book left randomly on the street, I evaluate it quickly – is it lost? Meant to be picked up by another person? The fallout of an angry mind? I think that if you love books, you are always at least open to rescuing them. So when my phone buzzed […]
Word on the Street 2016
“Only 13 more hours!” Kelly shouted last night from the other room. I looked at the clock, and she was right. You’d think she was referring to Christmas from the joy in her voice. It was only 13 more hours until Word on the Street began. Word on the Street is one of Canada’s largest, […]
First Book Canada – Donation
First Book Canada provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. By making new, high quality books available on an ongoing basis, First Book Canada is transforming the lives of children and elevating the quality of education in the country. In 2014, First […]
Bookhunter – An Unboxing Video
Yes, a short “unboxing” video for a book, that isn’t in a box. Enjoy!
The Amazon Trail – Affectional Preference
Hey, world, big news! Gay people are more than our sexuality. I am really, really tired of the focus on the third syllable of the term homosexual. It’s annoyed me for fifty-four years that I am defined by one part of my humanity. Please tell me why, for example, that the minute a perfectly intelligent, […]
Holy Sh*t – Review
As I write this review it is early morning, the time when the cat needs the most attention. She has been fed, petted, and her water dish refilled. And now she just wants my attention – not petting or picking up or anything physical, she just wants to be followed around while she wanders from […]
Ice Quest Serial – Chapter 11
There is the terror and then there is the life between the terror. Tinhara had spent days recuperating and resting, preparing for what lay ahead. This was a time between the terror, and the living was good again. She hauled back on the reins, and Huel grunted to a stop. She looked around, and could […]
Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster – Review
Kristen Johnston is evil, and so are her Guts. I first saw the book in Indigo. Or Chapters. Well, whichever bookstore it is where I used to go for Starbucks every day (I have since broken that little habit and only go two or three times a week now… anyway…). I walk quickly through the […]
Shopping When Hungry
I have just learned a tough life lesson: don’t go shopping when you are hungry. Or to be more specific, don’t go book shopping when you’re hungry. Book Ends, a used bookstore associated with the Toronto Reference Library, opens at noon during the week. We were early, and so went looking for a particular older […]