2018 Holiday Advent Calendar Unveiling: December 7

So kind of a weird story today. In fact, it’s not even really a story, but I felt like I had somewhat insightful comments on it nonetheless.
Rosemary Nixon is a well-known figure in the Calgary literary scene, so I’ve been eager to something of hers for awhile. Her last novel Kalila didn’t appeal to me because of the heart-wrenching subject, so when a book of linked short stories labelled ‘humorous’ came along, I was eager to pick it up, and I’m…
Wow, we are at our halfway point already!!! I’m so impressed with how varied each story is in the advent calendar has been, it feels like I’m getting a taste of every possible kind of writing out there (which is the point of an advent calendar, I suppose). Which leads me to a question; does…
Have you ever read a book and cringed, because you recognize bits of yourself in a character, but that character is clearly doing the wrong thing? I had this unfortunate experience when reading Avalanche by Jessica Westhead; a short story collection all about white ladies who are trying to be politically correct, but end up…
I find short story collections extremely hard to review, but this is the case even more so when the collection of stories is an anthology made up of various authors because there is such a huge span of talent and writing throughout. Sex and Death, edited by Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs is an incredibly…
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!!!!
I had never heard of David Constantine before I picked up this book, but after I had quickly scanned his bio on the inside cover of In Another Country, I realized what I was missing. He’s kind of a big deal, being nominated for many different prizes, and according to his Canadian publisher Biblioasis, he…
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The circle of neglect! I’m dyin’! 😂
I believe my husband deserves the credit for that one
December 7, A Qualitative Study of Our Father: Shades of my BSc in Psychology and current work as an academic editor. A well thought out experiment and an interesting way of children dealing with potential abuse (the abstract was quite telling). So many short stories with footnotes (I did like the inclusion of the Appendix, though)! I will never look at fly swatting the same way again.
haha me too!
Sounds… hmm, I’m trying so hard to find a polite synonym for awful… But I do love the idea of the Circle of Neglect!! 😂
hahah yes it’s got a particular ring to it, doesn’t it?