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Fiction
A Cup of Friendship
7 April 2011 - 4:28pmA Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rodriguez is my latest read. This is one that I found through subscribing to our Fiction e-newsletters. Do you know about those? If you're an avid reader give us a call and we can explain what they are all about or click here for some more information about them. At any rate I really liked
Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
26 March 2011 - 4:44pmJodi Picoult does it again with "Sing You Home". Are you a Picoult fan? She's written some really popular titles like "Nineteen Minutes" and "My sister's Keeper". (actually all her titles are popular!) You may have seen the movie based on her book as well (My sister's Keeper). At any rate, Jodi Piccoult tends to write about very intense subjects like school shootings, cancer, abuse and so on. Sounds depressing I know however, she always includes positive
Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
26 March 2011 - 3:59pmJodi Picoult does it again with "Sing You Home". Are you a Picoult fan? She's written some really popular titles like "Nineteen Minutes" and "My sister's Keeper". (actually all her titles are popular!) You may have seen the movie based on her book as well (My sister's Keeper). At any rate, Jodi Piccoult tends to
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
10 March 2011 - 11:36amI finished "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" over the weekend. I really liked it... but (yes a but!) there was a part of the story that really lost me because I felt it
She's baaaack!
25 February 2011 - 3:36pmYes, ladies and gentleman Alice Hoffman is back! She is one of my all time favourite authors. I remember when I discovered her years ago, I read everything and anything she wrote. I loved the magical quality (magical realism) she always included in her novels. I had never read anyone like her! However, her more recent work
Author Reading: Cathy Marie Buchnan
22 February 2011 - 9:25pmJoin us at Central Thursday Feb.24, for a reading from Canadian author Cathy Marie Buchanan. She will be reading from her wonderful debut novel entitled
The Things They Carried
15 February 2011 - 6:46pmI'm almost finished "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. He is a Vietnam vet and wrote this novel based on real events that he experienced during the Vietnam war. At times the narrator (whose name is also Tim O'Brien) changes and the new voice retells the same event that was previously shared. This exercise brilliantly illustrates
The Day the Falls Stood Still
10 February 2011 - 10:57amThis was one of those novels I was sad to finish; I enjoyed it that much. The neat thing is that the author Cathy Marie Buchanan is coming to Central for a reading on Thursday, Feb.24. I can't wait to meet her and hear her read from this wonderful novel. "The Day the Falls Stood Still" is a historical novel set in Niagara Falls, 1915. It follows Bess, who
Author Reading: Andre Alexis
1 February 2011 - 5:15pmJoin us at the Central library on February 7th, 7:30pm for a reading from Andre Alexis. Andre is the Writer-in-Residence at UWO from September 2010-February 2011. He will be reading from his new collection of
The Very Thought of You
28 January 2011 - 3:33pm A friend and colleague recommended that I read The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison. This one is a historical novel set in England during the second world war. It follows several characters but in such a way the the storyline flows effortlessly. One of my favourite characters is Anna. Anna is a brave, young evacuee who was sent to live in the English