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Well, maybe.  I suppose I’m going to find out.  I’m not sure if it will work for me this time, since my last attempt left me wondering what all the fuss was about.  Sometimes it just takes me a little while to get used to things, I guess. If you’re interested in following me, please click on the button below. By: Twitter Buttons Feel free to lend some advice, as I am a novice and could use

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Refined wheat should be a thing of the past for all of us. Gone are the days where we ate our PB and J on nutrient deficient white bread. Now you should be looking to flax seed, multigrain, or oat grain (to name a few) for a healthy option. It might take you a week to get used to, since white bread seems to grab hold pretty tight to some people (and their colons), but you won’t be able to look

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  Here’s a hilarious view into the lives of some wild and crazy librarians. haha  

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Dale Hudjik at Spun With Tears hosts a Thursday photography challenge where a theme is announced, and then participants choose a photograph that they have taken relating to the topic and post it on their blog.  To link back to the post and add your blog to the list click here .     (Click on the photo above to see it in full) These were captured at my wedding last September.  As you can see,

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Oprah in one word?  Gluttonous I’ve been watching Oprah ever since her show went into syndication over twenty years ago.  I spent countless afternoons with my grandmother, watching  in amazement as the scandalous scenarios played out on Phil Donahue, Geraldo Rivera, and Oprah Winfrey.  Talk TV was my lifeline to grownup happenings, and I felt like I was defying childhood by being able to

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  April has been a very productive month, just not so much on the blogging front.  With the July like weather conditions that we’ve been having here in Toronto, being outside seems to have top priority.  We have planted a beautiful herb and vegetable garden on our balcony, along with some planters full of flowers.  I can’t wait to see if we will reap some tomatoes and peppers, even with our

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When I’d first heard that I had been chosen to receive a copy of Cyclist BikeList,  I was thrilled.  Not only do I love to collect children’s books, but I am very fond of all things educational, and from what I could glean, this book fit the bill. Who doesn’t remember the first time they set flight on a bicycle without the assistance of training wheels, or a parents protective grip?  The

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I’m pleased to have received four awards in the past couple of months and I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to the people that were kind enough to issue them. First off, thanks to Kim from Queen Bee for giving me the Honest Scrap Award.  Kim has a varied selection of books that she reviews, from classics to historical and contemporary fiction.  She is very kind, and I’m glad to

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This weeks flick is The Story of the Weeping Camel and can be watched at Documentary Heaven by clicking on the picture below. The Story of the Weeping Camel 1 hr, 27 minutes Today I spent the afternoon immersed in a story that takes place on the other side of the globe, in a place that is completely foreign to the fast-paced and technologically advanced world that we live in here in North

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Before I even got started reading The Time Traveler’s Wife I was struck by this overwhelming feeling that I wasn’t going to like it.  There were three major culprits for this impending sense of doom.  First off, the edition I got from the library had a typo on the back cover.  Really?  The back cover should be something viewed by multiple people before it gets to printing.  How does this even

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Who doesn’t love Pizza?  There is no doubt in my mind that I could easily eat pizza at least once a week for the rest of my life and not get bored of it.  It’s just not the healthiest thing in the world for us.  Let me rephrase that, if you are eating enriched white flour dough, tons of cheese and an assortment of various nitrate infused meats on top, then clearly it is not so healthy.  If you

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Date Night has been in my sights for months now.  I am a huge fan of The Office, and pretty much anything that Steve Carell touches.  I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live much, but after catching Tina Fey’s uncanny performance as Sarah Palin throughout the US elections, I became a fast fan of hers too.  The idea of this illustrious pair being teamed up seemed like a recipe for nothing short

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Jennifer over at crazy-for-books is hosting a weekly blog hop where book bloggers have the chance to introduce themselves by visiting each others blogs through her Mr. Linky list. Please click on the Book Blogger Hop button above to see the post for this week. I’m PeachyTO and I’d like to welcome you to my blog!  Please take a look around and be sure to let me know you've hopped by if you are

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An interesting fact as taken from wikipedia…The book received some good reviews and initially sold well until September 11, 2001 when sales slowed to a near halt. The cover with a cartoon of flying businesspeople, one of them on fire and hurtling earthward also hurt sales. The positive reviews of the Jason Reitman film revived sales. As soon as I saw the trailer for Up in the Air on TV back in

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Dale Hudjik at Spun With Tears hosts a Thursday photography challenge where a theme is announced, and then participants choose a photograph that they have taken relating to the topic and post it on their blog.  To link back to the post and add your blog to the list click here . My husband works in disaster restoration, flood management and mold remediation.  Hey, it’s a dirty job, but somebody’s

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Wondrous Words is a weekly meme that is hosted by Kathy at Bermudaonion.  The goal is to define new words (to us) that we’ve encountered whilst reading throughout the week.  This weeks selections are taken from the soft-top edition of The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I’m about halfway through this novel, and have come across ten new words.  Just enough to keep things

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Up in the Air is not a novel that I would have picked up, had it not been for my desire to see the movie.   I seem to cling to an OCDish need to read the book that the movie is based upon before I will allow myself to see it.  I can only assume that this is a story preservation tactic, as I trust my imagination and interpretation over some Hollywood producer, and have witnessed the butchering of

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There’s nothing that says springtime like a nice fruit filled dessert.  I tend to feel less guilty about eating sweets when I know I’m meeting one of my daily required fruit servings by indulging.  Now if I could learn to just have one or two instead of …  Well, you know how it can be! These are some of my favourite treats to bake, and they are a dessert that I’ve become known for in our

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(Click on the button above to link back to C.B. James’ main post at Ready When You are, C.B. , which outlines all of the necessary information for the challenge.) I have already signed up for two challenges this year, but I’m confident that I could handle at least one more.  I had been nonchalantly searching through the available challenges over the last week, and as soon as I saw this one I

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I love documentaries.  To my husband’s detriment, as he is more of an action and psychological-thriller guy, I could sit for hours on end learning about the migration of birds, or the eating habits of prison inmates.  I think I just get immense joy out of learning.  Where as said husband gets his kicks out of sitcoms and weekly serials,  I prefer to sink my teeth into something realistic on the

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Jennifer over at crazy-for-books is hosting a weekly blog hop where book bloggers have the chance to introduce themselves by visiting each others blogs through her Mr. Linky list. Please click on the Book Blogger Hop button above to see the post for this week. I’m PeachyTO and I’d like to welcome you to my blog!  Please take a look around and be sure to let me know you've hopped by if you are

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Dale Hudjik at Spun With Tears hosts a Thursday photography challenge where a theme is announced, and then participants choose a photograph that they have taken relating to the topic and post it on their blog.  To link back to the post and add your blog to the list click here . These photos are of the island of Kalymnos, Greece, which is where my husband is from.  We went to the island in August

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  Wondrous Words is a weekly meme that is hosted by Kathy at Bermudaonion.  Please click on the button to the left to link back to the main post explaining the details of the meme.  The goal is to define new words (to us) that we’ve encountered whilst reading throughout the week.      This weeks selections were chosen from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn. There were a plethora of new words

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I think I need a break from the crazy-family genre! Before picking up Apologize, Apologize I felt as though I may have reached my tolerance limit for books focusing on eccentric families and their foibles, but because Elizabeth Kelly is Canadian, and I had read some promising reviews, I decided to put a hold on it at the library. Six months later the book came in, and after waiting to read it

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So Chapters decided that it had been too long since I graced it with my presence, and offered a “Buy one, get one 50% off”coupon this weekend.  Well, it’s actually a coupon for Mother’s Day, but why quibble. I went a little crazy, but I did so mostly in the bargain book section, so the wallet was not totally depleted of grocery money.   I ended up finding a second coupon, and went back on

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My family loves lentils.  We usually eat a traditional Greek lentil soup called Fakes (pronounced 'Fah-kehs'), but I’ve been trying to spice things up lately, so I’ve been looking for other recipes containing them.  I came across this tasty recipe on the BarleyFoods.org website, that includes mushrooms, carrots, barley, and of course, lentils.  I added a few more spices to bring it up a tad,

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              April has quickly come and gone while it has felt more like May here in Toronto, as evidenced by this flower blooming in our garden.  I’ve decided that since I have been contributing regularly throughout the month,  I should do a wrap-up entry for April, outlining what I’ve posted. I have read and reviewed the following thought-provoking titles this month: The Bishop’s

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I happened upon this movie on TV at its end back in 2007, and was gripped and hanging off the edge of my seat. I was able to finally catch it from the beginning this week, and I am even more impressed with the tremendous acting, clever writing, and emotive cinematography. Ellen Page’s performance is intense and far advanced for her years in her role as Hailey, while Patrick Wilson blows you

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Dale Hudjik at Spun With Tears hosts a Thursday photography challenge where a theme is announced, and then participants choose a photograph that they have taken relating to the topic and post it on their blog.  To link back to the post and add your blog to the list click here.  I found out about this thanks to Vicky from Reading At The Beach after she participated in the challenge. This is a

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( Click on the button above to link to Trish’s original post for the challenge at Trish’s Books) I attempted this challenge last year when I first started blogging, but as I’ve mentioned before, I bailed on the whole blogging thing after three months, and as such didn’t get the chance to complete it. I’m happy to give it another shot this year, since I often feel that I don’t dedicate enough

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Wondrous Words is a weekly meme that I’ve decided to participate in, that is hosted by Kathy at Bermudaonion.  The goal is to define new words (to us) that we’ve encountered whilst reading throughout the week.  Please click on the button above to link to the Bermudaonion post outlining the specifics for the meme. This weeks selections were chosen from Apologize, Apologize by Elizabeth Kelly

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  (Click on the button above to link back to CarrieK’s original post at Books and Movies, outlining the rules for the challenge) I’ve decided to take the plunge and enter a reading challenge.  I attempted a couple when I was blogging last year, but after three months of dedicated entries I made an abrupt exit and consequently did not end up completing them.  So here goes another attempt.  I

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Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library, and of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries.  Click on the button above to go to the original post and the Mr. Linky listing. Up in the Air by Walter Kirn I’m really excited to see George Clooney’s highly acclaimed

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I love Shepherd’s Pie.  In some parts of the world Shepherd’s Pie is made with lamb, but here in Canada we call it by the same name when it is made with beef.  The traditional way of making it is with a crusted mashed potato topping, but with this healthier version that I found on The Food Network website, you use a combination of sweet potatoes with regular ones.  What a treat!  I absolutely

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Oprah’s hero is a hero to many! **Spoiler Alert For those who haven’t read anything from Maya Angelou, then there’s a chance that you’ve at least seen her on Oprah sharing her eloquence and inspiration. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a memoir detailing her struggles bouncing back and forth between her lackadaisical parents in California, and her strict, god-fearing grandmother in the

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This might be what addiction looks like...I did something that I rarely let myself do, last week. I went to a used book sale. Doing such things often results with my husband needing to put together another bookshelf, so he's not such a big fan of my wandering through garage sales, or church bizarres. Especially since there is no more wall space available in our modest apartment.My sister recently

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A Abagnale, Frank ~ The Art of the StealAngelou, Maya ~ I Know Why The Caged Bird SingsAtwood, Margaret ~ The Edible WomanB Bertinelli, Valerie ~ Losing It and Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A TimeBlume, Judy ~ ForeverCCarr, Allen ~ Easy Way for Women to Stop SmokingClark, Joan ~ An Audience of ChairsCoupland, Douglas ~ Generation XCurtis, Christopher Paul ~ Bud, Not BuddyD Davidson, Andrew ~

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A Acceleration by Graham McNameeApologize, Apologize by Elizabeth KellyThe Art of the Steal by Frank AbagnaleAn Audience of Chairs by Joan ClarkB Baby by Patricia MaclachlanThe Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyreBlindness by Jose SaramagoThe Bone People by Keri HulmeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyBud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul CurtisCCatch-22 by Joseph HellerChew on This by Eric SchlosserThe

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Jennifer over at crazy-for-books is hosting a weekly blog hop where book bloggers have the chance to introduce themselves by visiting each others blogs through her Mr. Linky list. Please click on the Book Blogger Hop button above to see the post for this week.I have decided to take part in this weeks blog hop, so take a look around my blog and be sure to let me know you've hopped by if you are

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Viewer discretion is advised for both this review and this novel!**Spoiler AlertThe first time I’d heard of Henry Miller was while watching Robert De Niro in Cape Fear, as he tempted the teenage daughter into reading The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus and Nexus. I assumed by the books’ titles that Miller was probably a sexually explicit author. Well, I was right. What I didn’t realize was when

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I love the library. Reaching back into the depths of my mind I can still fondly remember the trips on my bicycle over to our local public book castle. Now that I think about it from an adult perspective, it wasn’t very big or very glamorous, but I guess that was part of its beauty; it didn’t need to be. You could just waltz right in, be greeted by a friendly librarian, choose any book you’d like,

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1. Which hour was most daunting for you?Hour 20, which just happens to be when I passed out!2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?Anything by Ellen Hopkins.3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?Not really. This was my first one and it was all I could do just to keep up with the reading and all the

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So I was a little late to start, but I don't feel too bad about that because I can imagine that I will be reading into the wee hours of the morning.I am happy to report that I just won the surprise draw and as a result got to choose two books from the prize page. Yeah me!My progress so far is as follows:Hour 6 - Audio book ~ 3 short stories from The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami while

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One of those books that you just want to tell everyone you see aboutThe Saskiad is an extraordinary tale of fantasy and reality melded by a young girl's awakening into adulthood. Saskia is a lonely outcast at her school. She lives on a commune and uses any free time that is not spent rearing the wild bunch of children that live there with her, idolising and reading about epic fictional

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He might not be everyone's cup of tea, but how I love Linden MacIntyre!With Linden MacIntyre being one of my favourite journalists, I was thrilled to hear of his novel being honoured as the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for 2009. After reading the synopsis of the story, I knew it would be an uncomfortable read, but trusted in MacIntyre's reverence to make it through. I was not

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A bewitching fusion of Maori ancient traditions and humanities timeless imperfectionsI am emotionally exhausted after spending the last two weeks reading The Bone People. As hard as I tried, I was never able to sit for more than an hour with these destructive and severely marred characters. Hulme's portrayal of the complex and layered relationship between a perpetrator of abuse and his battered

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**Spoiler AlertThe impeccable acting had the movie towering over the bookAs I always try to do, I read the book Precious (or Push, as it was originally titled) before watching the movie. This is one of the rare occasions where I can say that I enjoyed the movie over the book, but only because of the outstanding performance by Mo'nique, and some of the director's effects.That being said,

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It's been almost a year since I made an entry to this blog. I suppose I could blame it on the fact that it has been a very eventful last 12 months; my wedding, a honeymoon in Ireland, a husband in the hospital for two weeks. Yeah, that's a lot.And then there are the usual suspects; Christmas, New Years...life in general.I can't accurately say that being busy is the only culprit for my inactivity

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Mortifying HonestyWhen reading a book, I have this habit/obsession where I have to add any books mentioned in said book to my ‘To-Be-Read’ list. This started as an interesting way to build my list and expand my range, but has turned into a 2,000 book TBR list comprised mostly of books that I have absolutely no interest in reading. In light of the fact that there are thousands of awesome books out

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Yippee, I'm freeee!!!!!If you are or ever have been a smoker, I’m sure by now you’ve heard of Allen Carr and his apparent ‘Easy Way’ to quit smoking. He has written several editions of his book outlining his philosophies relating to quitting the evil nicotine, and has helped thousands of smokers worldwide to quit the nasty habit for good. With his astonishing success rate in mind, and a desperate

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Francie Nolan is a role model for the agesWhen I first heard about A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I wondered if I would be able to relate to the story of a young girl growing up in the early 1900s. In keeping with my memoir fascination, once I found out that the story was possibly influenced by the real life of Betty Smith, and that she shared the same birthday as the story’s heroine, Francie Nolan, I

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Patricia Maclachlan's character development in so few pages is nothing short of awesomeWhat would you do if a baby was left at your doorstep with a note from her mother saying she would be back some day? Could you care for that baby, even come to love her, knowing she could be taken from you at any time? I don’t know that I could be that selfless, deal with that loss. In Baby we bear witness to

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**Spoiler AlertA divine marriage of contemporary and historical fictionThe robust intensity and graphic imagery with which The Gargoyle began was so powerful that it incited corporeal revulsions of nausea and regurgitation. Determined not to give in to my weakness, I continued reading, though I had to continually remind myself that the terrifying scene playing out was the creation of an obviously

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Can't say I'm impressed with this oneJudy Blume brings nothing but fond memories when I think back to reading Are You There God, Its Me Margaret, or Blubber. I know I’m not alone when I credit her for keeping reading interesting at nine years old. It turns out I missed another of her books that she wrote in the ‘seventies, that was targeted at an older audience. The main character is seventeen,

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Grab a copy and dig in!Calling all reluctant readers, Holes is exactly the type of story that grasps a young reader in its clutches and doesn’t let go. What more would a child ask for than a tall tale passed down through generations, defenceless criminals being held captive by evil and slave-driving authorities, the search for a missing treasure, and the heroic underdogs that save the day?Whilst

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It might be hard to swallowI recently picked up Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser to become better versed in the horrors of fast food, so that when I was preaching to my niece about the ill effects of this garbage, I would sound credible. To my amazement I came across an abridged version that was targeted at kids: Chew on This. After reading a couple chapters of Fast Food Nation I decided to put

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Must be re-read as an adult to experience the full joy from its genius!For Milo, life was void of excitement, mystery and fun. As he plodded on through the motions of school and everyday life, he found himself always in a hurry to be someplace else, unfortunately to no avail, as he could not find interest in anywhere he ended up. That all changed when he happened upon a tollbooth in his bedroom

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I'm still anxiously waiting for the library to get the movie inDoon and Lina have just graduated from their final year of school at the age of 12, and consequently experience the right of passage bestowed upon all the people of Ember at this stage; Assignment Day. They receive their jobs from the mayor and set out to do their civic duties as many others before them, but when Lina stumbles across

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A glimpse of Quebecor culture in the 1940sThe budding of spring, a time for enlightenment and new beginnings, casts the mood for this beautiful and haunting tale told through magical realism, and reverent love for family, a place and a time. Michel Tremblay’s passion for his beginnings is shared with us through a day in the life of the residents of la rue Fabre in the heart of Montreal in the ‘

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Valerie Bertinelli is a bright light of inspirationIn the interest of finding motivation wherever I could get it, I decided to read Losing It – And Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A Time. The book is not so much a weight loss success story as it is an honest account of Valerie Bertinelli’s struggle with food as she tried to juggle an unhappy marriage and self-image. Interestingly enough, it

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Yossarian Lives!Catch-22 is an existential, anti-war satire told through asininity and disjointed logic, often running on bureaucracy and “military intelligence,” or a lack there of.Heller uses a non-chronological narrative which can be hard to follow at times, but eventually results in an affective lead-up to the novels important conclusions. We are presented with a military wrought with

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A different bird, that Alex SupertrampInto the Wild is a true account of Christopher McCandless’s foolhardy pilgrimage to his death in the wilderness of Alaska. Although he was clearly suffering from hubris, this passionate idealist was on a mission to understand himself and his connection to nature, in his solo journey under the alias Alex Supertramp. There is no shortage of irony in this

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Three cheers and an A-men for Maniac Magee!Maniac Magee is like a story told through an imaginative child on the playground at recess, where exaggeration and fantasy are just as important as any truths. Spinelli’s clever, funny and creative approach to dealing with such staggering issues as death, homelessness and racism, is to be applauded. The clear message is that ignorance breeds hate, and if

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I'm expecting big things from Wizner after this smash hit for mature teens. Think coming-of-age story for the 21st century. Think Diary of a Wimpy Kid for the mature teen. Think self-deprecating humour by a misfit, that has developed a cult following. Add these all up and you’ve got this hilarious, laugh-out-loud, quick witted novel, Spanking Shakespeare.Shakespeare has the terrible misfortune of

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A true gem for any ageThe intimacy of a first-person narrative often has me missing the characters of a novel by its end, and I Capture the Castle is no exception. Cassandra is an insightful, considerate and engaging aspiring writer, who is at the mercy of poverty and her high maintenance family. Her enchanting journal entries are descriptively vivid and poetic, written with a 1930s English style

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Ten Minutes after writing this review I found out that Mercy Among the Children had been the first to get voted off the table. What an upset!In the interest of broadening my literary range and exposing myself to more Canadian talent, I decided to read the selections from CBC’s Canada Reads 2009. After thoroughly enjoying Mercy Among the Children, I was anxious and excited to move on to the next

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Funny, informative and a genuinely nice story to boot!My ten year old niece had read Bud, Not Buddy, recently, at school, and as I’m always interested to know what it is she’s being taught, I decided to pick it up. At first I was discouraged by the book as it seemed to deal with a rather depressing story of a young orphan during the depression era, who was acting out revenge upon a foster family

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Charming and inspiring The first thing about The Landing that caught my attention was its pricing. This is the only book that I’ve noticed costs the same in US dollars as it does in Canadian. Whether this is due to my not paying enough attention to the pricing of previous reads, or if this is just something obscure, I don’t know, but it was definitely cause for a little shock.My introduction to

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A little bit of a sleeper at times, imho.Hatchet is a story of lone survival in the wilderness. When a young boy off to visit his father in Northern Canada, is stranded off-course when the pilot of the small bush plane taking him there has a heart attack, he is forced to perform a crash landing.While the boy fashions himself a shelter and works on taking care of the necessary amenities of life,

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Home-grown talentAcceleration is a surprisingly entertaining and fast-paced teen thriller, set in Toronto. The majority of the story plays out on the property of the Toronto Transit Commission, which makes the story that much closer to home for someone like me, who has been a TTC rider for over two decades. Although a quick read, the content was notably substantive and lacked any plot holes. The

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The pursuit of morality in a Post-9/11 BritainThe beginning of Saturday was an exercise in sounding out medical vernacular, causing me to envision a prodigal episode of Sesame Street, whilst with the help of my Oxford, piecing together sentences with grave patience. This incidentally helped little with my inability to comprehend the complicated neurological procedures being described, but it did

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An important novel that teaches us about ourselves.No other young adult fiction that I’ve come across has been as spiritually themed as A Wrinkle in Time, a story that is intrinsically pure in its message of faith, hope and belief in goodness. For some, this is precisely the reason they turn away from it, but for me, it is just another reason to embrace it.The fight between good and evil is left

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A tad overrated, but still worth the read.What a dismal and depressing state of affairs The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time turns out to be. Heavy-heartedness for the obvious struggles and emotional deficits of the main character, and narrator, suffering from Asperger Syndrome, were a harsh enlightenment. Then to add the lamentable fact that his parents would never feel emotion

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Evil is as evil doesHaving picked up far too many books at the library on my last visit, I thought I wasn’t going to have the opportunity to finish Mercy Among the Children before its due date, but I made it a priority once hearing it was a Canada Reads 2009 selection. I will happily pay the late fees when entertained with such thought provoking and affecting storytelling as this.Our narrator,

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Phew, I'm glad that's over!Upon finishing what appears to be the last chapter of Generation X, if not including the statistics section entitled Numbers, I am only slightly surprised by my loud and spontaneous outpouring of the chorus to All You Need Is Love.I’m not sure how I feel about this writer, Douglas Coupland, and his first novel, as I have never read anything else that he has written, and

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Not for the squeamish or faint of heart.On the seedy streets of the red-light district in Montreal we are observers to the lonely and depressing existence of Baby, our twelve-year-old heroin. Heroin serves to identify more than just the lead, heroic character in this story, as it also is the drug of choice for Baby’s young and irresponsible father, Jules. With her mother long since dead, and no

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A literary memoir on madnessWilliam Styron was a soldier in his internal war with melancholia, who after rising up from the depths of its temporary madness decided to share his fashioned armour and learned defences with the afflicted masses, via Darkness Visible. This literary memoir details one mans descent into paralyzing inertia, discontent and hopelessness, while never once causing the reader

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Watch your wallets!What a ride! I’m shocked and appalled at the incidence of thievery and deception out there, and it is utterly amazing how easily it can all take place. Frank Abagnale is the author of The Art of the Steal, and you may remember him as the person Catch Me If You Can was based upon. What else should an expert conman do after turning straight? Why, provide information on how to

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I defy you not to relate with at least one of Young's genuine characters!I have to admit that I’m not a big fan of short stories, as I often feel inadequate in my comprehension of what it is the author is really trying to convey. On more than a few occasions I've finished a story and thought, “Did I miss something?” This is not a question that I enjoy asking, nor does it help with my literary

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Getting to know David SedarisDavid Sedaris doesn’t pull any punches while introducing us to his eclectic family, and observing the entertaining and often ridiculous idiosyncrasies of common Americans, as well as the French. Me Talk Pretty One Day is laugh-out-loud funny as Sedaris has the ability to expose and turn any seemingly ordinary situation into hilarity, by picking it apart and applying a

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An empathetic and well-written account of manic-depression. I had selected An Audience of Chairs from the bargain section, as filler to reach the free shipping mark, during one of my many online book-buying sprees last year, and accordingly did not expect much from it. It sat patiently waiting and collecting dust on my bookshelf, in hopes that I would one day give it the attention that it so

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In short, a story on the effects of war and its castrating abilities.The Sun Also Rises at first appears to be a story based upon Robert Cohn, a shy and awkward ex-boxer, who is insecure, yet disciplined in his struggle to rise up and out of the shadows. Quickly we realize that Cohn is little more than a weak and tormented scapegoat for the narrator and the other expatriates of the novel to

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I've finally read it, and I'm content in my discomfort.Good Ford! I sit here exhausted after finishing Brave New World, and the first thought to enter my mind is that I am grateful to my High School English Department for not including it in our studies, as I’m sure it would have sent me into a fast and furious depression. Alas, I feel that a gramme of soma may be my only recourse. hahaHuxley’s

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In a word, FRUSTRATINGBlindness was my first encounter with Jose Saramago, and between being beaten over the head with his allegorical commentary, struggling through the lack of punctuation and quotations, and experiencing some of the most horrifying and disturbing scenes I’ve ever read, I am almost at a loss for words. I can only assume that some of the story was lost in translation, or at least

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Sex, Drugs and SlaughterhousesWhoa! If there weren’t enough reasons I was aware of for me to continue to avoid fast food, I have just added fifty more. Let’s put the obvious health risks involved aside and just focus on the oppressive and exploitive nature of these major corporations that are brainwashing, feeding and devouring our children, and that should be enough to have you on a soap box at

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Inspiring and Courageous!I recently picked up this book because my ten year old niece expressed interest in reading it, and I wanted to make sure that the content wasn't too graphic for her quickly diminishing innocence. I’ve come to the conclusion that Anne’s story would undoubtedly teach appreciation for the small things in life, a strong work ethic and the importance of a positive mental

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That is the customary greeting on February 14th, but it is an illusion for many and a commercial cash-grab for most. What once was an opportunity for people to share and express love for one another, either by a hand-written love note, or some other form of romantic gesture, has turned into an all out gift-giving extravaganza, where florists and chocolatiers feel the need to rip us off by jacking

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A literary delicacy!In the first part of The Edible Woman we meet Marian, a self-reliant, educated, modern woman (for the 60s/70s), who spends her days as a manipulator of words and the consumer, in her position at a market research firm. Despite these things, Marian is also an amiable and even yellow-bellied narrator who stretches herself to the limits in order to please the likes of her boss,

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Calling all bookworms, writers, pseudo/genuine intellectuals, and just plain, old Nosy Parkers, PeachyTO, a.k.a BookSnake, is in the blogger house, coming to you live from Ontario, Canada! I am new to this whole blogging thing, and in the interest of getting onboard with the latest trends (so I’m a bit behind), I’ve decided to give it a go. I will consider this my new home for all of my

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