When I finished reading I’m Mostly Here To Enjoy Myself, One Woman’s Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris by Glynnis MacNicol I originally did not intend to write a review of the book because I really didn’t enjoy it all that much. Then, after reading a full-page review by Joanna Rakoff in The New York Times’ Sunday Books section, I decided perhaps it did deserve a comment or…
Every so often we stumble across a book that offers total escapism. Jamie Catt Callan’s Ooh La La! French Women’s Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day offers exactly that experience. At less than two hundred pages the book is a quick read and transported me on a mini excursion to Paris and Normandy. Callan’s intentions when she wrote the book were noble. Seeking to enlighten…
I don’t usually post two book reviews in a row, but I enjoyed this book so much, I wanted to share. When I started reading I Hope This Finds You Well by Calgary author Natalie Sue I was immediately thankful I am no longer working. A few more pages in and my mood shifted into I wish I was still working so I could harvest…
Good Material by Dolly Alderton was exactly the right book at the right time. Having just finished reading The Women by Kristin Hannah about the war in Vietnam, I needed something light, contemporary, and with a bit of humour for a complete change of pace. Good Material was the right material for me. I was introduced to Dolly Alderton’s work when she was a contributing writer…
The recent passing of Alice Munro, the respected and famous Canadian writer who won a Nobel Prize for Literature has created a rush on her books at the library and bookstores across the country. As I added my name to the waiting lists for her various books at the library, I ordered The Lives of Girls and Women from Amazon to read on Kindle and…
There probably isn’t a baby boomer out there whose life has not been touched in some way at some time by someone with age-related dementia or Alzheimer’s. One of my former roommates has already passed away from Alzheimer’s (at the age of 75) and two other friends are now struggling with the disease. Whether it’s friends, family, or acquaintances, most of us know someone affected…
