Category Archives: True Confessions
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 [...]
TNQ Office Pet Peeves
Ah, the joys of sharing a workspace. TNQ’s current workspace is bigger and lovelier than our old digs, which means that more people can occupy it at the same time. Though I sometimes relish the times when I’ve got the whole place to myself, on balance, I love the new, busier dynamic of TNQ’s new [...]
I hereby forfeit the Canadian Book Challenge…
which hereby makes me a failure/outcast/total dink/etc. It’s okay. I’ve made my peace with it. However, I feel compelled to mention that I actually have read the 13 Canadian books—I blogged the first 11, and have since read two more. I finished #12, Katherine Govier’s The Ghost Brush, last week and, though she may have [...]
It’s true, we’re smokin’ hot.
The Globe and Mail published an article last week, titled “The truth about publishing: It’s full of hotties.” I have to agree, and immediately sent a message to Rosalynn saying that I would blog about it when I was in the office today (my–hot–body is only in the office 2 days/week, although I often find [...]
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, [...]
So *that’s* how you say it?
I have a fairly unusual given name (thanks, Mom and Dad!) and thus am used to people mispronouncing it. Though I usually correct the person, I’m not offended, really—and if you’re wondering now, the emphasis goes on the first syllable, which rhymes with pause, not pose. However, my experience has made me sensitive to this [...]
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