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Far to Go by Alison Pick (book review)

By monnibo | Published: December 15, 2012

Far to Go by Alison Pick absorbed me fully—smoothly pulling me further and further into its midst. I didn’t want to stop reading and I absorbed the book in less than a week (quite the feat as it was during term paper time). It is no surprise Far to Go was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Helen & Stan Vine Jewish Book Award. Yes, it takes place during the Holocaust, but it doesn’t leave you as depressed about humanity as other WWII fiction can. In 1939, Pavel and Anneliese Bauer are secular Jews whose lives are Continue Reading »

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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (book review)

By monnibo | Published: September 29, 2011

Patrick deWitt is being credited with “reinventing the Western genre”, however The Sisters Brothers didn’t really feel like a traditional Western to me. In fact, it didn’t have to take place in a Western setting at all—the horses, the guns, the journey were all just details surrounding the intriguing life of Eli and Charlie Sisters. Narrated through the eyes of Eli—the heavyset, younger brother—the Sisters brothers are hired guns. They’re notorious killers and feared throughout the States—especially Charlie’s gun-slinging. Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. Eli and Charlie Sisters can be counted on for that. Though Eli has never Continue Reading »

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By monnibo | Published: June 9, 2011

Day to day, as I browse the web, I find awesome things I like to share. Sometimes I share them via Facebook or Twitter, and other times, they deserve a round-up post. Here are a couple great things I’d like to draw your attention to, and also some general updates / housekeeping. Slave Lake Book Auction Recent wildfires in Alberta destroyed nearly half of the town of Slave Lake, including the newly completed, 18-month-old library. This Globe & Mail article sums up the library’s history, renovation, and devastation. It’s hard to imagine that loss to a community and it makes Continue Reading »

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