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Yeah, I know. It's the middle of April.

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Yeah, I know. It's almost the end of March. Well, better late than never.

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This year, I read 192 books in total. I started and didn't finish several books, discovered several new authors (Jonathan Ames, Dan Chaon and Brad Warner), read a lot of books about food and read a lot of Canadian literature (as always). I track all of my books on goodreads. I was surprised to find that my rating system is bad. In some cases, I ( Read more... )

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I just got the funniest Xmas card from a friend. As most people know, I love Leonardo DiCaprio. My friend Sunni just sent me a postcard with a picture of Leo from Romeo and Juliet. On the back the card reads, "My Heart will go on at Christmas and year-round." She signed it from Leo, but I could tell that it was from her from the handwriting. It's ( Read more... )

I'm feeling much better than I did earlier this week. Last night, I went to a terrific reading/event. I generally go to these things alone, but end up knowing a few people, so I usually have people to sit with. Last night I sat with one of Mari's friends, Lisa and ended up meeting a few more neat people too ( Read more... )

I keep on neglecting this in favour of www.goodreads.com. However, I know that some people use my list for book recs, so I should catch up.

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Aah. I don't have to go to any more meetings until next week. I've been quietly working from home, which is blissful. I only have to drive to Red Deer once this month and I'm sitting on a pile of stories since I worked so much last month. It's blissful, it's great, it's all those things and I'm hoping to get some of my own writing done this month ( Read more... )