Product Management, Productivity and Personal musings
{Image from Amazon.} I wasn't sure that I was actually going to admit on the internet that I read the Hunger Games trilogy, but here I am. When all of my other inappropriately aged friends got into it too, I figured hey, why not? So the Hunger Games: read. them. right. now. They were so …
This marks the first time that I post about a book that I didn't actually love. I just didn't get this one, though I did finish it. Let me start over. I loved this book until the last five pages. The ending threw me for a loop and not in a oh-what-a-great-twist-didn't-see-that-coming sort of way, …
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As you know I love books and have a vested interest in their continued production. Take a look at this gorgeous video from Glen Milner that shows how books were once (and sometimes still are) made. Video via The Telegraph.
{Image via Chapters.} About twice a year I find a book that I simply cannot put down. This results in my eschewing all of regular life for a few days and devouring said book. The Virgin Cure is one of those books. That said, I am a major Ami McKay fan. I loved The Birth …
I recently finished The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli. It was a really good, if heavy read. I didn't find myself relating to the main character (which was weird since she's a photographer and a reluctant feminist) but the story was really compelling. The main character, Helen, is one of very few female photo journalists …
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{Image via Chapters.} I borrowed The Help from my friend Heather recently because the movie totally appealed to me. The book ended up being so good that I couldn't put it down. I think I finished it in less than 36 hours which included a work day. It's a totally absorbing story told from the …
I'm not really sure why this book is considered to by chick lit by a lot of people. I think it is quite well written and very entertaining and not overly frivolous. Though I did get kind of annoyed with the main characters for not growing up very quickly, it is a very nice love …
I read Three Day Road about a month ago but let me tell you, it is a book that sticks with you! It has the hallmarks of classic Canadiana: isolation and nature. It was not an easy read, friends. It's sad and totally absorbing, but totally worth the read and incredibly well-written. I read it …
{A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle.} I'm unfortunately missing this month's book club meeting because we're in Edmonton but that didn't stop me from getting a jump on next month's book. The theme for June/July was travel (!) so I read A Year in Provence. It's a book I'd been meaning to read because …
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