The Search For Narnia
I don’t know how I first discovered C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, whether it was the BBC series or through the reading of the books… but I have been absolutely in love with it for as long as I...
View ArticleOn BlissDom Canada and a Bad Case of the Nerves
I’m alternating between extremely excited and absolutely terrified for BlissDom this year. This will be my third year attending, and I’ve actually been lucky enough to be chosen as a Community Leader....
View ArticleEssential Reading: Children’s Books
There are books that are so near and dear to our hearts growing up that we sometimes can’t fathom it when others haven’t ever experienced them. I’ve noticed this a lot with John, who was never a big...
View ArticleNight Steps: Recap
On Saturday evening, I stood utterly inspired as Jessica Watkin told us about her experiences with the CNIB. This young woman lost her vision in high school, and the CNIB helped her gain her...
View ArticleBlissDom Canada 2014 Recap
While I expected to have a great time at BlissDom Canada this year, I didn’t expect it to have such a profound effect on me. Over the course of one weekend, I laughed and I cried; I met old friends and...
View ArticleThe Great TBR Purge of 2014
I think part of the reason I’ve been in such a reading slump is because my TBR pile is currently consisting of books that have been there for a long time that I haven’t wanted to read for years. And...
View ArticleBooks by Multiple Authors
One of the pages that gets the most traffic on my blog is a post I wrote years ago as a part of my now-disfunct Listed feature. In that particular instalment, I looked at novels that were written by...
View ArticleWomen in Speculative Fiction: An Introduction
I talk a lot about kick-ass female characters. I adore them – they are the reason that I love good scifi stories. You know the characters I mean – the Buffy Summers’, the Samantha Carters, the Kitty...
View ArticleWomen in Speculative Fiction: Black Widow
The character of Black Widow first appeared in Marvel’s Tales of Suspense number 52, published in 1964. Created by Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck, she started off as one of Iron Man’s foes before...
View ArticleOn Hiatus Indefinitely
When I started this blog, it was to keep track of what I had been reading (because there’s nothing quite as disappointing as starting a new book only to realize that you had read it years ago and...
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