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Helix: Totally Blowing My Own Horn

Phyl — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:09:40 +0000

And I thought I was excited two weeks ago, when I actually got my first very own ISBN! [...]

I love the idea of the Little Free Library

Phyl — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:49:05 +0000

The libraries look like big bird houses or small dog houses, some of them sitting up on posts, others on the ground, and others hanging on walls inside places like cafés. [...]

Annual Canada Reads Debate Gets Underway

Phyl — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:18:23 +0000

Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC, is holding its annual Canada Reads book debate that grips the country for a week each February. There are you real losers, of course, because this publicity and debate prompts a lot of reading of new books on the part of Canadians. [...]

Mother Earth News Book Clearance Sale

Phyl — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:53:06 +0000

Mother Earth News periodically has a housecleaning on their inventory of books about sustainable living, and they're in the middle of another one right now. You'll find books about the environment, about living sustainably in your own house, about cooking and eating sustainably, and many other sorts of topics. [...]

Win “Pray for Silence” by Linda Castillo

Phyl — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:11:59 +0000

[More info about this book at powells.com (new window)] If you're a fan of police procedural mysteries, Macmillan, through its Minotaur Books imprint, is offering a contest where you can win one of five copies of Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo. [...]

Book Review: Uptown, by Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

Phyl — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:18:00 +0000

Uptown, by Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant, is a fascinating book for two reasons, the first, of course, being the story itself. It’s about a wealthy but somewhat dysfunctional family operating primarily in the real estate business in New York City. As Avery Lyons comes home to deal with family issues for the first time [...]

Quick Heads Up on Cookbooks

Phyl — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:34:16 +0000

If you're in the market for cookbooks, it looks like this is one place you can do a bit of stocking up. [...]

Shakespeare Book and Crossword Puzzle

Phyl — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:30:54 +0000

I had no idea that Monday was the 446th birthday of William Shakespeare. Or at least the 446th anniversary of his baptism. Well, darn, then, I missed it. [...]

Two Books for Earth Day

Phyl — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:20:00 +0000

If you read no other books in celebration of Earth Day, these two should be the ones you read: Geography of Hope, and Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit. [...]

Women’s History Month: Favourite Authors?

Phyl — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:43:02 +0000

Anyone who's talked books with me for any length of time will already know my favourite female author -- my favourite author, period. Dorothy Dunnett is my favourite fiction author of all time. [...]