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Celebrating female characters on International Women’s Day

By monnibo | Published: March 8, 2011

Today, March 8, 2011 is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. I could easily spend hours listing female authors, friends and family, as well as artists and contributors who shaped the woman I’ve become. But instead, to honour the day, I’d like to highlight some of my favourite female protagonists in novels. Many of these books were also written by women, but I am focusing more on the characters that jump off the page. KATE BLOOMFIELD from Hey World, Here I Am by Jean Little Hey World, Here I Am was one of the first books of poetry I Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Personal, Sharing | Also tagged alan bradley, books, buckshaw chronicles, canadian authors, divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood, female characters, flavia de luce, hey world here I am, hunger games trilogy, international women's day, island of the blue dolphins, jean little, kit pearson, novels, rebecca wells, steig larsson, sweetness at the bottom of the pie, sword of truth series, terry goodkind, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the guests of war trilogy, the hunger games, the true confessions of charlotte doyle, the weed that strings the hangman's bag | Comments closed

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (book review)

By monnibo | Published: August 27, 2010

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins — book three of the Hunger Games trilogy

I finished the final book of the Hunger Games trilogy in three days, about the same length of time it took me to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Read: Review for book one of the series, The Hunger Games Read: Review for book two of the series, Catching Fire I thought it was strong, powerful and a great end to the trilogy. I do have some more specific comments though, so SPOILERS BEHIND THE CUT! SPOILERS COMING! … Did I mention SPOILER ALERT? Okay, now that that’s sorted (and I hope you’re all warned), onto the Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Reviews | Also tagged book review, catching fire, dystopia, epic, love triangle, mockingjay, the hunger games | Comments closed

Day to Day

By monnibo | Published: August 17, 2010

Things have been pretty busy here the past couple weeks at chez Monnibo. This post is going to be a mish-mash of many things. We went to Spanish Banks on Saturday and met some Camp friends for dinner. When the tide was out, we went for a wander in the ocean. Gorgeous photos resulted (and I made a new Flickr set called Vancouver Beaches). We went to Bard on the Beach on the weekend and saw Anthony & Cleopatra. I really enjoyed it and I have to say that Bard on the Beach is one of my favourite festivals. And Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Knitting, Out & About, Personal, Sharing | Also tagged Anthony & Cleopatra, bard on the beach, bookcrossing, catching fire, house plants, Knitting, mockingjay, philippa gregory, shakespeare, spanish banks, the hunger games, the red queen, the white queen, the word on the street vancouver, twilight, vampire knits, vancouver beaches, WOTS | Comments closed

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