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Books Julia can’t wait to read
You know what my biggest problem is? I don’t have enough time to read. #firstworldproblems It was just the other day I was telling My Other Half that I could easily read novels as a full-time job....
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Book of the month – Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Happy Monday friends! I am so pumped to post this morning. We had a fabulous meeting at Meghan’s last night and picked a fabulous book (one I’ve already read, so I can attest). Before I get into that,...
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Book review – Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
I was reading this novel by UK author JoJo Moyes on a recent trip to Toronto. On the flight home, I was sitting beside an elderly lady who was also reading. As I reached the last 100 pages, I silently...
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How to start a book club
Three years ago, I started a book club. Not just any book club. In my opinion, it’s the greatest book club ever, and I have 30+ members (past and present) who can attest to that. But successful book...
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Julia’s 2013 reading challenge – quarterly update
Oh man. It’s July. Which is awesome if you like sunshine, but scary to think the year is more than half over. It could also be scary if you have a 2013 reading challenge (especially if you’re Erin, who...
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Julia’s 2013 reading challenge – quarterly update
There’s basically only three months left of 2013. This year has absolutely flown by! And as you may recall, at the beginning of the year I established my 2013 reading challenge (my form of a new year’s...
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Book of the month – The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
What a month we’ve had! I’m not really sure where to start, so I’ll try to move through September’s highlights chronologically. First of all, Erin H. shared this awesome list (don’t you just love...
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Julia’s 2014 reading challenge
For the fourth year in a row, I’m doing a reading challenge! As I recently talked about, I’m changing things up a bit this year. Before I get into details, let’s talk another quick walk down memory...
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Our appearance on the BBC’s World Book Club!
Just about a year after we appeared on CTV’s The Social as the show’s book club expert, we were on the BBC! Earlier this month, BBC World Service released its World Book Club episode on Herman Koch,...
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