Posts Tagged: reading
In Praise of Illicit Reading
Banned Books Week starts today! It is my favourite literary celebration of the year. There is nothing like illicit reading to get your heart pumping. Especially if you do it knowingly đ Like most bookworms, my earliest experiences with forbidden
In Praise of Illicit Reading
Banned Books Week starts today! It is my favourite literary celebration of the year. There is nothing like illicit reading to get your heart pumping. Especially if you do it knowingly đ Like most bookworms, my earliest experiences with forbidden
New Reading Plan?
Last year I created my own reading plan called Reading Down the House in which I read a stack of books I’d bought over the years, but never got around to reading. Added to my book club’s choices, it felt like I was
New Reading Plan?
Last year I created my own reading plan called Reading Down the House in which I read a stack of books I’d bought over the years, but never got around to reading. Added to my book club’s choices, it felt like I was
Books Upon Books Upon Books
I have been reading up a storm lately. It started when I spent 8 days without Internet access. Now my volunteer commitments have slowed. So I can read, read, read! I knew Iâd have lots of reading time in Sussex
Books Upon Books Upon Books
I have been reading up a storm lately. It started when I spent 8 days without Internet access. Now my volunteer commitments have slowed. So I can read, read, read! I knew Iâd have lots of reading time in Sussex
Keep on Marching
I’ve been on a forced blog break due to extreme weather! We had a whopper of a storm this week. Far more snow and drifting snow than our momentous 2004 storm that we all thought was the be-all and end-all!
Keep on Marching
I’ve been on a forced blog break due to extreme weather! We had a whopper of a storm this week. Far more snow and drifting snow than our momentous 2004 storm that we all thought was the be-all and end-all!
Why I Read
Reading books is guilt-free. Not since childhood has anyone said to me, âYou read too muchâ or âWhy do you read so much?â (Although I got that all the time during my school years!) It is a respectable hobby. To
Why I Read
Reading books is guilt-free. Not since childhood has anyone said to me, âYou read too muchâ or âWhy do you read so much?â (Although I got that all the time during my school years!) It is a respectable hobby. To
In February
Each month I do a sum-up of what I’ve been doing in my personal life. In February I posted half-way through the month, so this is how the last two weeks went. Nova Scotia has a new holiday in February.
In February
Each month I do a sum-up of what I’ve been doing in my personal life. In February I posted half-way through the month, so this is how the last two weeks went. Nova Scotia has a new holiday in February.
In January…
… I made a good attempt at hibernating! I undertook a new challenge at work. I am now on the collective bargaining team â on the management side! The whole thing is a new experience to me. Our contract expired
In January…
… I made a good attempt at hibernating! I undertook a new challenge at work. I am now on the collective bargaining team â on the management side! The whole thing is a new experience to me. Our contract expired
READING DOWN THE HOUSE Wrap-up!
The house has been read all the way down! Reading Down the House was a challenge I set for myself in November 2013. I gave myself 14 months to read a stack of 17 books that I had bought but
READING DOWN THE HOUSE Wrap-up!
The house has been read all the way down! Reading Down the House was a challenge I set for myself in November 2013. I gave myself 14 months to read a stack of 17 books that I had bought but
READING DOWN THE HOUSE Report # 11
Regular readers will know I have been doing a challenge called Reading Down the House for the past year. I owned 17 books that had been sitting on my bookshelf for ages unread. I am determined to finish them all
READING DOWN THE HOUSE Report # 11
Regular readers will know I have been doing a challenge called Reading Down the House for the past year. I owned 17 books that had been sitting on my bookshelf for ages unread. I am determined to finish them all
What I Liked About October
Everything. The End! If you like a few grumbles, though, here they are: Very bad month for fitness – even worse than September. Skating has started up again and I haven’t had/made time to go to the rink yet. Was
What I Liked About October
Everything. The End! If you like a few grumbles, though, here they are: Very bad month for fitness – even worse than September. Skating has started up again and I haven’t had/made time to go to the rink yet. Was
An Exacting Life 