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Tag Archives: books
Finish what you start?
Or, life’s too short to finish bad books… Have you ever walked out in the middle of a bad movie? (Once.) What about given up on a book that you aren’t enjoying? For the last year, I’ve been trying to … Continue reading
I Like Big Books but I Can’t Deny…
A few months ago, my husband spent a day helping a buddy move. I didn’t expect him to come home with this: The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedia Lexicon of the English Language, Revised and Enlarged Edition, published in 1914. Weighing … Continue reading
Don’t Panic! “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” picked for One Book, One Vancouver
During Sunday’s The World on the Street festivities, Vancouver Public Library announced that Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was voted in as the selection for One Book, One Vancouver, the city-wide book club. Read the press release … Continue reading
The Word on the Street is…
The Word on the Street — a “celebration of literacy and the written word” — comes to Vancouver this Sunday, September 26. This free community event draws thousands of book-lovers from across the Lower Mainland to the streets around the … Continue reading
What I’m not reading right now…
Some days I worry that social media is keeping me from reading. Or rather, I spend a lot of time reading about books rather than actually reading the books themselves. Whether it’s getting recommendations from booksellers and other avid readers … Continue reading
Brain Candy 