a mostly-book blog [now on the self-hosted island!]
Exciting news to share! Janet Gurtler's I'm Not Her is featured as the iBookstore Book of the Week! Available for free download until May 27th, you can pick up your own copy over on the iBookstore! About the book, via Sourcebooks: Janet Gurtler excels at capturing life’s milestones, bringing … [continue]
It has certainly been a while since I last did a Top 10 Tuesday… back in March, to be exact, since I put it on hold for all of April during Paris Month. This week, how could I pass up the topic when I admittedly judge books by their covers at times. Okay, to be [...]
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DAR, volume 1 is a collection of webcomics by Erika Moen between the years of 2006-2009. A graphic autobiography of sorts, Erika candidly depicts her life as a lesbian who falls in love with a man. That alone sold me on this comic when I had the opportunity to meet Erika at this year’s Toronto [...]
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Having watched Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby this past week, I was completely enamored by the clothing from that time period. Certainly, the 1920′s fashion has been a star in itself as part of the promotion of this movie, with branded window displays in stores like Holt Renfrew and Brooks Brothers. Holts even has an entire section [...]
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Happy Victoria Day long weekend to my fellow Canadians! After attending last week’s TCAF, I’ve been on another graphic novel kick. What good comics and graphic novels have you read recently? This Past Week on Just a Lil’ Lost… Reviews of two books that have been pushed for fans of Gone Girl: Herman Koch’s The Dinner [...]
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Having gone last year and thoroughly enjoying ourselves, Christa (@ More Than Just Magic) and I decided to meet up once again to explore the annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), a free event held at the Toronto Reference Library. We started our morning by meeting Ardo (@ A Wordsmith) at the nearby Starbucks which, upon [...]
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Lisa Kallisto is an overworked mother of 3, with a husband who often works nights as a cab driver. In a horrifying moment of not paying attention, Lisa realizes that her best friend’s daughter goes missing under her watch. Wracked with guilt and suffering the critical judgement from others around the community, Lisa attempts to [...]
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Two couples meet for dinner in a fancy restaurant in Amsterdam under superficial pretenses. The real topic at hand are the respective couples’ 15 year old boys who are caught up in horrible incident that has brought on police & media presence. The story and their lives unfold as each dinner course is brought out [...]
[continue]This week seemed to go by both very quickly and very slowly in some ways… but, it’s Mother’s Day weekend so Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! I also ended my “post a day” challenge for 2013. The initial intent back in 2011 was to get back into the habit of blogging [...]
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Last Friday, a group of bloggers and avid readers were invited to the Penguin Canada head office for the Razorbill Fall Preview. Arriving just before 6pm and bumping into Ardo by the elevators, we were greeted with a jam-packed boardroom full of familiar faces who were excited to see each other as well as what’s [...]
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