FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 7-13, 2010
WHAT I’M READING: Wayson Choy’s The Jade Peony AND The Bible in French.
WHAT ELSIE’S READING: Olivia. Remember how we made the shift to stories instead of those nasty learning books? The girl is so on board, laughing at all the right places. I love this kid’s sense of [...]
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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 13-19, 2009
WHAT I’M READING: The Sedona Method, which is all about releasing feelings so you don’t have to carry around so much angst. Not that I carry around a lot of angst or anything…not me. Oh no. Never. Excuse me while I go release those lies.
WHAT ELSIE’S READING: A brand [...]
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 10-16, 2010
WHAT I’M READING: Chapters of The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, and The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. A very nice combination of easy to absorb brain science and light but not too light romance.
WHAT ELSIE’S READING: She’s really into MY FIRST BOOK OF WORDS. That [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 6-12, 2009
WHAT I’M READING: My mother’s thesis. I’m all over Margaret Avison. Damn, can she string words together! (Yes, we are in the throws of PhD madness over at the Davey household; Simon expects to narrowly beat my mother to the finish.)
God. God.
Throwingness of PhDing over.
Under. God.
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FOR THE WEEK OF November 8-14, 2009
WHAT I’M READING: Possession. Of course. I will always be reading Possession. To the end of the age. Possession. I am also throwing in excerpts from Flannery O’Connor’s letters, A Habit Of Being, as well as reading The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis. My reading cocktail needs a balanced [...]
FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 18-24, 2009
WHAT I’M READING: The Possession saga continues. It’s a very long book, and like I have said repeatedly my attention span is short—a statement which irritates some mothers. Why degrade our kind with this ‘mommy brain’ talk? I say accept what is true. Our brains have slipped. There are [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 13-19, 2009
WHAT I’M READING: Possession by A.S. Byatt. Still. (By the way, A.S. Byatt is a woman. Maybe you knew that.) It is a very good book. It is a very hard book. Maybe pre-baby, I had more brain to absorb such a hard book with so many big words. [...]
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WHAT I’M EATING: Deer steaks, strawberry ice cream made from real Ontario strawberries, and green olives before bed.
WHAT I’M WATCHING: Six Feet Under, a series that has Simon and me completely hooked. Unfortunately (or fortunately) our grubby hands were unable to obtain all six seasons, otherwise we would have experienced our entire cottage excursion [...]
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FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 19-25
WHAT I’M READING: Home by Marilynne Robinson. I feel connected to her as a writer because she was my friend’s book advisor. I feel special and in the know by association. You probably feel the same way about me as a blogger.
WHAT ELSIE’S READING: My journals, examining every page [...]
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FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 5-11
WHAT I’M READING: I am re-reading Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. I forgot how funny she was. Highly recommended book if you’re looking for something that reads quickly with sass but also tackles difficult issues. An excerpt:
My mother liked to wrestle; it didn’t matter what…She had [...]
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