Well, I had set my goal back on July 23rd to hit 1000 pages. I think I should have aimed a little higher, because I didn’t realize how good the books I picked up were going to be and how quickly I’d fly through them! Dates Title # of Pages July 27-29 The Unlikely Pilgrimage [...]
Bookish Canadian Pride for the Olympics
The start of the London Olympics means it’s a surge of Canadian pride throughout the country! I unfortunately didn’t catch most of the opening ceremony, but I’m sure it’ll be on repeat throughout the weekend. (I hear J.K. Rowling was there!) A few Canadian Olympic-mania features I wanted to call out to… You already know [...]
Random House Canada’s Olympic Readathon!
Your TBR pile getting out of shape? Need to work it out? Join the Olympic Readathon - a fun event from the creative minds at Random House Canada! So warm up your eyes (?? I don’t know…), stretch out your page-flipping fingers and set your page-goal on the RHC Olympic Readathon page! Don’t forget to tweet along [...]
209/365: 1 year countdown to London!
As I briefly mentioned in yesterday’s entry, a group of us from work attended a party to celebrate the 1 year countdown to the London games. Hosted by CANFUND (Canadian Atheltes Now Fund), the London-themed soiree was such fun! There were people dressed with fancy hats, a few others dressed as a British policeman, the [...]
Believe in Vancouver 2010
Although Canada has hosted the Olympics two times before (Montreal in 1976, Calgary in 1988), this is the first one that I’ve been old enough to appreciate how patriotic our country is. It completely awes me to watch the prelude to the opening ceremony, showing all the people decked out in red & white, the [...]
