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Bonnie writes about books every Thursday at Fourth-Rate Reader, about everything else at Signifying Nothing, and sometimes she resorts to pictures. She lives in Toronto.
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Acadian history is compelling stuff. Or, rather, it could be.
A glimpse into the family side of military life and the stress, strength and fear of those at home.
Funny. Fascinating. Illuminating. The psychology of happiness makes for an excellent read.
The book feels like a coffee klatch, except instead of discussing Buffy's hair, it's about the rules of the universe itself.
A great ghost story, a driving plot and a reminder of the ghosts with whom we all keep company.
Moore writes stories that lay you flat as you move from absurdity to tragedy to the quotidian with diamond-edged wit.
An autobiographical graphic novel that explores a childhood in Iran during the turbulent years surrounding the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
The book succeeds as an educational overview, offering a tour of colonialism via the particulars of the cocoa business.
Reading these stories is like peering through the ice; there is a coldness and a distance but also something flowing deep below.
This memoir is shark-like, moving constantly, never staying on himself any longer than necessary, focussing on the news and his reactions to it.
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