Trishcuit's 2012 reading list topic got me thinking about some of the books I read last year and I was wondering what books everyone enjoyed last year.
The Blaikie Report: An Insider's Look at Faith and Politics, a new book from United Church minister and politician Bill Blaikie, has recently been released by United Church Publishing House. It's gotten off to a great start, with two well-attended book signings in Ottawa and another in Toronto.
August Farewell – The Last Sixteen Days of a Thirty-Three-Year Romance by David G. Hallman
It was August 7, 2009, when the doctor stood at the foot of the hospital bed and with a deliberation that was both efficient and compassionate, looked directly at David Hallman and his partner Bill Conklin and said, "Our diagnosis is pancreatic cancer, stage four." In his thoughtful and deeply personal memoir, David Hallman narrates the sixteen days after Bill was diagnosed with terminal cancer and intersperses vignettes drawn from their thirty-three years together as a gay couple.
Anyone done some interesting reading at the cottage or just lounging around at home? My summer reading:
Princess of Mars & Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Civil War vet travels to Mars via out-of-body experience and becomes a great hero and adventurer among the various peoples of the red planet. A seminal work of sf/fantasy. Movie coming out next spring that appears to be Princess with some elements of Gods thrown in.
When I was 15-16 years old I wrote a short story for english class at my high school in Toronto. Seeing that I skipped school all the time and that I was in a gang, the teacher didn't think I could accomplish such a feat. So after reading it she accused me of plagiarism. Having a wicked anger problem, I let loose all the curse words I knew. She called my mom and sure enough she released that I indeed wrote that story. I received the highest marks.
I recently read the novel "The Shack" by W.M Paul Young and I just wanted to hear everyone's opinions on it and if you had any other suggestions for a good book?
