Below is my second vlog marking December 2, and a dark turn in the short story advent calendar. The chocolate was delicious as always though, so that’s nice.
Unfortunately Pearl and Smokey don’t make any appearances in this video, and my background is a sad gray wall because I hid in my basement while my toddler napped. I hope to get our Christmas tree up in the next few days so I can record some videos in front of it!
Last Fall I watched the movie A Haunting in Venice, based on the famous book by Agatha Christie called Hallowe’en Party. I loved the movie, so obviously felt I needed to read the book as soon as possible. People had warned me that the book itself was nothing like the movie, and they were right,…
I’m squeaking this video in at the last minute here, which is probably a sign of things to come as Christmas draws nearer. But doesn’t the tree look so nice, all lit up as it gets darker outside? One of the few benefits of not recording this video earlier in the day I suppose. Anyway,…
We’re onto day #2! And I know i’m posting this super late today, but Momma’s been busy :)
I seem to have great luck with the translated books that I read, and that success is mostly due to the careful eye of the editors at the Arachnide imprint from Canadian press House of Anansi. They regularly choose the best and the brightest when it comes to translated works that will impress English Canadians…
It was by luck alone that I found myself reading the debut novel by Indigenous Canadian author Darrel J.McLeod, in the same small town his bio claimed he lived. * The picture above is taken in Sooke British Columbia, where I was vacationing with my family in August, which also happens to be the place…
I may be giving you the wrong idea by calling this book a true crime. Don’t Call it a Cult by Sarah Berman isn’t about a murder, but it most definitely details the committing of a crime, numerous crimes, hundreds of little acts that constitute breaking the law. It explains the development of NXIVM, an…
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thank you! I got them done at a spa party the week before, alas they didn’t last long, they never do :(