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 this project was conceived, I asked our contributors and editors to tell us what they were reading, whether they liked it or not, and why—I’m not sure if Amy’s requests are worded exactly thus, but in any case, I don’t think anyone who’s contributed to Who’s Reading What has ever confessed to not liking the book they’re reading, and we’ve been running this little feature for about three years now.  As I think about this, I can’t help remembering something my mom said (said often, because I and my siblings gave her so many appropriate occasions for it): “if you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all.” Sigh. So Canadian. And no, it never worked the way she wanted. I do not live by it now: ask just about anyone!

Anyway, because I don’t have a mechanism for comments over at Who’s Reading What, please tell me what you’re reading and whether you like it or not, here, on the blog. Criticism is okay but, um, be nice about it.  (Okay, okay, my twist on mom’s policy obviously still needs some work: expect a post on negative reviews at some point in the future when I’ve worked through some issues.)

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