Category Archives: Reading
Why I Didn’t Read Harry Potter
Some time ago, I made my friend Catherine a deal here on the blog: I’d read one of the ‘young adult’ books she loves if she’d read one of my favourite ‘adult’ books. For her, I chose The Life of Pi; for me, she chose Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. I’ve since held up [...]
Our Lists Issue Contribs Recommend
these books. Based on their refs, I plan to pick up The Winter Vault and Solar, just as soon as I finish the stack on my bedside table…so probably sometime around Thanksgiving. Notably, in addition to a handful of titles, contributor Ben Murray recommends Tintin for Prime Minister, as “infinitely more animated and ethical than [...]
Vacation Reads (Lack thereof)
In case anyone worried (or, um, noticed) I’ve been away from the blog. I’ve been travelling, first to Ottawa (lots of walking and gawking in the company of some my most favorite people), then to Brockville (to meet my week-old nephew!), then to Boston (two words: wicked ahhhsome), then to Uncasville, Conneticut (probably the weirdest [...]
The Heart Is An Involuntary Muscle
First, a confession: I nicked this book from the stack of books donated to TNQ for door prizes and such at the galas we used to put on before our board found a significantly less stressful manner of raising funds. My intention was to just borrow it for a little while but the thing is, [...]
Young Adult Lit vs Literary Fiction
Sweet Valley High. Are you there, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Ramona the Pest. Charlotte’s Web. Anne of Green Gables. The Chronicles of Narnia. I read, and loved, all of these young adult classics. However, I distinctly remember deciding that, at thirteen years of age, I was (ahem) too mature for the ‘young adult’ section of [...]
Our writers recommend…
some books they’re reading. Which is my way of telling you that the latest edition of Who’s Reading What—”a voyeuristic peek into the bedside reading habits of the literary-minded contributors, editors, and board members of TNQ, CanLit journal extraordinaire”, as its intrepid editor, Amy King, describes it—is up for your perusal and enjoyment. Initially, when [...]
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