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Psychological Thrillers for a Page-turning Summer
Finally! The sun is here! Beach chair, floppy straw hat and quality sunscreen are purchased! The Second-Beach pool plans are scheduled for Sunday! Now… what to read while lazing about the pool? I have...
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Summer Must Reads Vodcast
Check out this video on my “Summer Must Reads” I made for the City of North Van’s “City Video” series. You can see more city videos here.
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Patricia’s super scary horror books for Halloween
In his short story collection Night Shift, Stephen King wrote, “The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn’t real. I know that, and I also know that if I’m careful to keep my foot under the...
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Patricia’s Top 12 Books of 2012
Just in time for Christmas shopping, Patricia and Heidi have picked their top 10 books of the year. Here are Patricia’s picks: My favourite mystery of 2012: The Invisible Ones, by Stef Penney...
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Heidi’s Best Books of 2012
Heidi and Patricia pick their best books of the year, just in time for last-minute holiday shopping! Here are Heidi’s picks… In a recent post on The Millions, Sheila Heti wrote “It’s a weird and...
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Women’s Fiction Prize 2013
It was March 2011. I was up several times a night with the kids and then again a time or two with my constant companion, insomnia. Tired of reading and re-reading Fancy Nancy and sure that my adult...
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The Particular Pleasure of an Unreliable Narrator
Some of my favourite questions from customers are when they’d like a certain type of reading experience that isn’t easily searchable in our catalogue. I’ve had someone come in and ask for fiction...
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Heidi’s Picks for the Women’s Prize Shortlist
My picks for the Women’s Prize shortlist, out tomorrow, are proof positive that Patricia and I have divergent tastes when it comes to fiction. Her first two picks — The Innocents and Flight Behavior —...
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Books on the Big Screen – September & October 2014
Books are a powerful source of inspiration for movie makers. This seems especially true in late 2014. If you are the kind of reader who loves saying, “I loved the movie, but it wasn’t as good as the...
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