CBC.ca | The Homestretch | Book suggestions

ByAnne Logan December 17, 2013

CBC.ca | The Homestretch | Book suggestions.

Not only do I enjoy referring to cats on a regular basis on this blog, but I also like to BROADCAST the fact that I’m a crazy cat lady as well. Click on the link above to hear that and my book picks for this holiday season. Oh, and do yourself a favor by finishing your Christmas shopping quickly and easily at your local independent bookstore.

The books I recommend on-air included: Life Class by Ann Charney, The Circle by Dave Eggers, Worst. Person. Ever. by Douglas Coupland, Simon’s Cat Vs. The World by Simon Tofield, Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk and Black Code by Ronald J. Diebert.

cover image of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Book Review: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

A new genre is emerging in books, and it’s called ‘climate fiction’. Typically dystopian (because how could it NOT be?) it describes a future in which the environmental impacts of global warming are no longer escapable by anyone, and life as we now it know has been drastically altered because of the selfish acts of…

Book Review: Noopiming, The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

September 30 is now officially Truth and Reconciliation Day here in Canada. Among other things, it’s intended to help bridge the gap between settlers and Indigenous people, recognizing the harm that has been done in the past, and working towards reconciliation in the future. Like many people across the country I was given that day…

Book Review: Pen & Palate, Mastering the Art of Adulthood with Recipes

My reading of this book seems to have coincided with a very important milestone in my life: the marriage of a best friend. I find this happens to me quite frequently; I will pick up a book and find it is the perfect thing to be reading at that very specific time in my life….

Book Review: Maid by Stephanie Land

I frequently refer to memoirs as their own subsection of the ‘self-help’ genre, because I believe that learning about someone else’s life circumstances is a wonderful way of gaining a new perspective on your own. This theory is once again being proven with Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive by…

Ivereadthis Jr. Edition: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

The title of this book caught my eye because it’s the basis of a song I learned at my daughter’s swimming lessons, mind you they switched the lyrics to make it water-friendly. Anyway, I knew she would like We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen because it was a familiar rhyme to her…

Book Review: You have to F**king Eat by Adam Mansbach, Illustrated by Owen Brozman

Although this book is illustrated, it is in fact meant for adults. Perhaps the expletive in the title makes it obvious enough, but it thought I’d mention it, just in case. You may already be familiar with the similarly named Go the F**k to Sleep book, which as you probably guessed is also meant for…

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