Unlike many of my fellow booksellers, I have no problem with e-books. People assume that I will get offended if they say they bought an e-book, often cringing in shame before admitting it. As someone who cares more about if you can read than how you do it, I am happy to inform people that I... Continue Reading →
I don't have time to write anything today, but I don't want everyone to think I've given up on the blog either. I'm just trying to figure out this new life schedule right now. Anyway... here are some awesome/ cute/ amazing/ beautiful book covers I have found in the last few days at my store... Continue Reading →
Hey friends! Thanks for reading my blog! It's insane that I started this thing about nine months ago and I've made so many new book-loving friends. You are all so amazing! If anyone is interested in being my friend on Goodreads, I would love to follow along with what you are reading. You can watch as... Continue Reading →
These quirky holidays are awesome, but I always like knowing how they became a holiday in the first place. Luckily I managed to track down some information on another blog called A Year of Holidays. This is what they had to say about the origins of this holiday: "Penguin Books published its first paperback books... Continue Reading →
Happy Canada Day! In celebration of all things maple and polite, here are some of my favourite books by some amazing Canadian authors. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay - It's so rare these days to find a stand-alone fantasy novel, and although this one is roughly the size of a brick, it's so worth the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I got to go on a day trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens with a bunch of fellow booksellers thanks to the amazing people at Penguin Random House Canada! They wanted to have a mini-book club meeting for their adorable book called Robot in the Garden, so we all gathered for pretty flowers, yummy food, good friends, and a... Continue Reading →
Sunday is National Aboriginal Day here in Canada, but it's also Father's Day, so I've made a minor change to my 5 Books Friday schedule! This week's topic: 5 books by or about indigenous people that I really want to read Smoke River by Krista Foss - After a proposed subdivision becomes the site of a Mohawk protest... Continue Reading →
June launched the beginning of my reading slump. Even though I have a tonne of wonderful new books waiting to be read, I have no desire to read any of them. I've looked at the cover... I've looked at the synopsis... and I've put them all down wondering what happened to all the good books... Continue Reading →
I recently read an article on BookRiot about how we often love books even though we have forgotten everything about them. While I was sharing the post on Facebook I realized that I'm even worse than the author of the article, because at least it takes her years to forget things. You give me a few... Continue Reading →
The Literary Counsellor 