2018 Short Story Advent Calendar Unveiling: December 16

A little worse for wear, but still reading and eating chocolate, so basically everything’s fine. How did we get to December 16 already?


So I shot this video on vacation in a rental home, therefore the lighting is terrible and the sound is echo-ey. My bad. Oh, and Smokey isn’t with me, because my husband draws the line at taking our cats on vacation with us (sigh). I’m reviewing Terry Fallis’s latest book One Brother Shy, which I…
It will come as no surprise to anyone that I’m counting down the days until Wordfest 2017. For my most recent trip into the CBC Studios, I gave my ‘insider’ suggestions of which authors to take in while attending Wordfest this year, as well as getting in a little promo to the event I’ll be…
I love reading short stories. I seem to flip through them faster than a novel, simply because it it forces you to reach the end of one story before you put your bookmark in. I also find (and I know I’ve said this before) that they’re typically better written than novels, because the writer has…

After a short hiatus from my booktube reviews, I’m back with a new one: The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman. As I mention in the recording, this is the July pick for my book club (register for the discussion here if you’re interested and live in Calgary!), and I really enjoyed it. Didn’t think I…

Whenever a new adult book or story collection comes out by Caroline Adderson, I always jump at the chance to read it. A Way to be Happy is her latest release, and was longlisted for the Giller Prize earlier this year. Most of her books have come out quietly, and it continually astounds me how…

Since I started this blog in 2013, I’ve made a few observations about the book blogging community as a whole. They are as follows: most of us love drinking tea while reading cats are our favourite animal we love holidays romance and YA bloggers are easy to find and are very passionate about these genres…
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“A man and a boy crossed the parking lot and they were drawn as if melting, they were shaped like gum being stretched from a shoe.” Wow! End of review. JK, what a beautiful story of love lost and found and all of the questions we ask ourselves. It was fragmented, but I appreciated that approach, given it was a recollection of events and random thoughts. And I loved the commentary about technology and the lack thereof woven throughout the ‘narrative’. Simpler times?
Glad to see you up and about, and, yes, kitties are very intuitive…and therapeutic.
so true! I must admit I’m in a grumpy mood because of my surgery so I’m probably not as ‘giving’ as I would normally be in my reading
Poor you! You deserve so much more than a miserable chocolate square! (I’m sure you’ve had more than fifteen of them already…) Have some chocolate ice cream.
great minds think alike! My husband picked me up some today :)
You know what’s strange is my cat will not leave me alone when I don’t feel good. I mentioned that I went to the ER last weekend, and though I was only gone 8-9 hours, when we got back she was all up in my face and following me around. She especially attentive when I have cramps and always manage to lay in just the right spot on my abdomen to purr (she doesn’t usually lay with me).
awwwww so cute!! Cats are the best.
Their purrs resonate at a healing frequency, so perhaps she is more attuned to her magic-cat-powers than some other cats. :)
I like the sound of that!
LOL! I love that expression: “magic-cat-powers.” I HAVE heard about the healing frequency before!
me too!!!
Glad you are recovering and enjoying the stories so much. I admire your dedication to posting daily about them. (But am still stubborn about limiting my screentime, so I’m admiring from the sidelines!)
understood! This does take an effort, that’s for sure.
And you can’t even prepare very far ahead because they are timed-release. Like vitamins!
So glad it went well! And now I am caught up a little but, too!
I agree with everyone – cats are the best! I’m watching one of my cats right now playing with my daughter’s bunny. So cute!