She - H. Rider Haggard
Strange little book that I picked up after catching the last half of the horribly-executed movie. Fairly old, rather dull, and with a sequel that sounds hilarious, but will likely also be rather dull, so I don't expect to read it.

Watership Down - Richard Adams
Figured it was time I read this classic, and I'm really glad I did. ( Read more... )

Chronicles of Narnia 5-7 - CS Lewis
Finished up the series with pretty much the same issues that I had with the first 4. But they didn't chew up very much of my time, and I can now say that I've read them, so there's that.

The Electric Church - Jeff Somers
Some dystopic sci-fi. Not my usual taste, but fairly well written.

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So, I didn't want to post this earlier, in case it fell through the way it did last time I dealt with this company, but as I now have a letter of offer in my hand, I feel it is safe to share: I've been offered a temporary contract to proofread for Lee Valley. Yay! I'll be working with them at least until the end of September, and there is also a ( Read more... )

January

Carmen and Other Stories - Prosper Mérimée
Nice to know the original source material for the opera, and some of the other stories were enjoyable. Most of them very depressing, though.

February

Paper Towns - John Green
John Green remains awesome and so does his work. Now he just needs to write another one so I can read that too.

Faust - Goethe ( ( Read more... )

So, I've been graduated for almost four years now, and have really not had a whole lot of luck finding editing jobs in this city. There have been a few opportunities, but the fact remains that to up my chances of finding and landing something, I'd have better luck in Toronto. Which is still a possibility for someday, but as things are looking ( Read more... )

( We've been home about a week, so I suppose it's time to journalize the fun... )

So I arrive at work this morning, and hop on the CBC to see what they have to say about the continuing (sigh) strike. And while I'm certainly irritated and frustrated with the drivers, when I read this, I was actually kind of more irritated by the author of the article's lack of understanding of numbers. I quote:

"While both the city and union ( Read more... )

1. Fall on Your Knees - Ann Marie MacDonald - Considerably better than I expected. A really well-written, surprisingly un-sensational and un-skeezy account of incest.
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving - Didn't really get into it until close to the end, but there's quite a lot to think about in it.
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman - A pretty crazy ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, everybody! I hope you had a lovely Christmas (or whatever else you may celebrate) and New Year.

My Christmas was delightful as always. As usual, I spent it with my family, at my parents' place. This year, we had me and Don, my parents, my brother, and my aunt and uncle, later joined by my sister and brother-in-law, my grandmother, ( Read more... )

Those of you who know me well know that Christmas is by far my favourite holiday, and time of year generally, and because of this, Toy Mountain is a cause that is very near and dear to my heart. It may be, strictly speaking, less important than some other charities, because it's kind of a luxury (Let's face it; nobody needs a new toy), but it's ( Read more... )