Category Archives: Canadian Book Challenge

Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen — review and giveaway

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor Published:  2003 by Anchor Canada Source:  Purchased     My favorite book of 2012.  Yes, it’s early to make that call, but I just loved loved loved this book.     Madame Proust and … Continue reading →

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Half Blood Blues

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Published:  2011 by Serpent’s Tail Source:  Purchased at an independent bookstore  Paris, 1940.  Paris has fallen to the Nazis.  Anyone who can leave the city does.  A group of jazz musicians flee back to … Continue reading →

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Far to Go by Alison Pick

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Far to Go by Alison Pick Published:  2010 by House of Anansi Press/Harper Collins Canada Source:  Purchased   This novel begins with a prophetic sentence:  “I wish this were a happy story.”  Given that much of the narrative is set in … Continue reading →

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Practical Jean by Trevor Cole

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Practical Jean by Trevor Cole Published:  2010 by McClelland & Stewart Source:  Purchased   Jean Horemarsh is the kind of woman you wouldn’t normally notice.  She lives a quiet life in Kotemee, the town in which she was born and … Continue reading →

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Canadian Book Challenge 5 — I’m In!

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

    Ok, folks, I’m doing my patriotic duty and signing up for The Canadian Book Challenge 5, hosted at The Book Mine Set.  Don’t you love this awesome logo?   So I fell down on the job and did … Continue reading →

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Of Hockey and Hijab

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Of Hockey and Hijab:  Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman by Sheema Khan Published:  2009 by Coach House Printing Source:  Purchased   This book is a collection of essays that initially appeared in The Globe and Mail as a series … Continue reading →

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The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis Published:  2007 by McLelland & Stewart Source:  Purchased (the Canadian edition, eh?)   I’m a Canadian girl, and my one complaint about Canadian literature is that most of it is frankly quite depressing … Continue reading →

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