At Chapters and Indigo stores there is something called the “Bazaar.” It is their bargain section, the sale rack of the book store. It is filled with random stuff, over stock, memoirs, damaged items, and books that are simply unreadable. But every once in a while you get lucky and find something great in there…
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posted by Tra at 6:45 pm
Even though I have been complaining how I am bored and have nothing to do besides job hunt I have been managing to keep myself somewhat busy. I haven’t made any jewellery in a while (the metal and beads aren’t speaking to me) but I have started writing again, doing some calculus (Cory still thinks…
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posted by Tra at 9:04 pm
On Tuesday I quit my job. I think I did the right thing. I am sleeping more, I feel rested, and I am not utterly annoyed at the end of the day. There is only one regret I have though. I had a post all prepared to be posted and I didn’t and it is…
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posted by Tra at 1:21 am
I've known it for some time and I don't know why I just didn't listen to myself but I guess I just wanted to give it another try. I wanted to believe that I was or am open to all forms of story telling in the written
format. ALAS it's just not true.
I have just finished…
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posted by Cory at 11:50 am
Souls of Angels by Thomas Eidson
Los Angeles – early 1800’s
A tragedy befalls the Lugo family and a mother and son die. Their husband and father coupes by trying to turn their youngest daughter into what his son should have been – a man. She flees, leaving…
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posted by Cory at 10:07 am
I can’t believe the last time I gave book recommendations was all the way in October. I have been reading, lots actually (not just The Watchmen), and I think all of it is just mashed up in my brain. I continually have a book that I lug around and open every time I have a…
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posted by Tra at 10:34 am
I am currently in the midst of reading Watchmen. You know the greatest graphic of all time that will soon be released as a movie that will possibly be the greatest superhero movie of all time. Usually I wouldn’t do that. If… ...more
posted by Tra at 3:40 pm
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut:
Vonnegut is simply a literary genius. The story is strange, fun, and simply interesting. He makes you invest in and care about his characters no matter how odd they may be. He
also tells the story as an old man would his grand children. There are detours and side stories…
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posted by Tra at 12:56 am
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson:
Soulful, Wistful and emotionally charged. This book is an alternate coming of age story propelled by loss and redeemed by love with every other range of human emotion in between. Superbly written, it is perhaps one of the very few books that actually explores the idea of growing up as a…
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posted by Nel at 10:27 pm
