Donald J Hauka – Mister Jinnah: Securities
Finished: October 17 2011 Book Count: 55 Confession: I LOVE books set where I live – which is beautiful Vancouver British Columbia. So imagine my joy when perusing the varied offerings of the annual Word on the Street festival at
Donald J Hauka – Mister Jinnah: Securities
Finished: October 17 2011 Book Count: 55 Confession: I LOVE books set where I live – which is beautiful Vancouver British Columbia. So imagine my joy when perusing the varied offerings of the annual Word on the Street festival at
Freeman Wills Crofts – The Pit Prop Syndicate
Finished: July 27th 2011 Book Count: 48 Freeman Wills Croft turns up in a lot of lists. He was part of the royal family of the Golden Age of Detective Stories, along with Dame Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers,
Freeman Wills Crofts – The Pit Prop Syndicate
Finished: July 27th 2011 Book Count: 48 Freeman Wills Croft turns up in a lot of lists. He was part of the royal family of the Golden Age of Detective Stories, along with Dame Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers,
Whodunnit? Not me.
I love detective stories. If you asked my why, however, I would have a really hard time explaining in any sort of cogent way what it is exactly I love so much about them. I recently did a quick look
Whodunnit? Not me.
I love detective stories. If you asked my why, however, I would have a really hard time explaining in any sort of cogent way what it is exactly I love so much about them. I recently did a quick look
John le Carré – Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
Finished: April 22 2011 Book Count: 31 I have done John le Carré a terrible disservice for a very, very long time. I tried to read The Tailor of Panama when I was 15 or so, and never got to
John le Carré – Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
Finished: April 22 2011 Book Count: 31 I have done John le Carré a terrible disservice for a very, very long time. I tried to read The Tailor of Panama when I was 15 or so, and never got to
Douglas Coupland – The Gum Theif
Finished: April 12 2011 Book Count: 28 For the most part, I don’t really like Douglas Coupland. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I positively loathe his novels, but after the awful betrayal that was Eleanor Rigby,
Douglas Coupland – The Gum Theif
Finished: April 12 2011 Book Count: 28 For the most part, I don’t really like Douglas Coupland. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I positively loathe his novels, but after the awful betrayal that was Eleanor Rigby,
The Elusive Jane Eyre
I have seen, I think, nearly every adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre ever made, and I haven’t yet been satisfied with a single one of them. That is why I was very excited about the new adaptation by BBC
The Elusive Jane Eyre
I have seen, I think, nearly every adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre ever made, and I haven’t yet been satisfied with a single one of them. That is why I was very excited about the new adaptation by BBC
Wilkie Collins – The Haunted Hotel
Finished April 10, 2011 2011 Book Count: 27 Tricked you! I’m not actually going to write about The Haunted Hotel at all! I just really like the cover designs of these flashy new editions Penguin keeps putting out. It was
Wilkie Collins – The Haunted Hotel
Finished April 10, 2011 2011 Book Count: 27 Tricked you! I’m not actually going to write about The Haunted Hotel at all! I just really like the cover designs of these flashy new editions Penguin keeps putting out. It was
Dead Men are Heavier than Broken Hearts: Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep
This was written for the Capilano Courier – the Capilano College student newspaper. It was even printed on real dead trees for hundreds of students to ignore. It’s rather long. Enjoy! I started reading Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled detective stories because
Dead Men are Heavier than Broken Hearts: Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep
This was written for the Capilano Courier – the Capilano College student newspaper. It was even printed on real dead trees for hundreds of students to ignore. It’s rather long. Enjoy! I started reading Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled detective stories because
Candy for Supper: Slowly Starving to Death on Poetry
“I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!” “I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love,” said Darcy. “Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong
Candy for Supper: Slowly Starving to Death on Poetry
“I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!” “I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love,” said Darcy. “Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong
Michel Faber – The Crimson Petal and the White
Finished: March 26, 2011 2001 Book Count: 21 I picked up this book because, like rather a few others in recent history, there was a television adaptation coming out and I wanted to be prepared. I’ve noticed that everyone seems
Michel Faber – The Crimson Petal and the White
Finished: March 26, 2011 2001 Book Count: 21 I picked up this book because, like rather a few others in recent history, there was a television adaptation coming out and I wanted to be prepared. I’ve noticed that everyone seems
“I rather like being a foreigner” Christopher and His Kind for the telly
Well, last night I finally got to watch BBC Two’s adaptation of Christopher and His Kind. How was it, you ask, was it all you hoped for, you ask. The answer: pretty much. There are, of course, a small host
“I rather like being a foreigner” Christopher and His Kind for the telly
Well, last night I finally got to watch BBC Two’s adaptation of Christopher and His Kind. How was it, you ask, was it all you hoped for, you ask. The answer: pretty much. There are, of course, a small host
Christopher Isherwood – Christopher and His Kind
At long last the BBC Two adaptation of Christopher and His Kind is finally going to be aired! I have been waiting since October for this, tireless reading my Google Alerts every day hoping that they would finally confirm; it
Christopher Isherwood – Christopher and His Kind
At long last the BBC Two adaptation of Christopher and His Kind is finally going to be aired! I have been waiting since October for this, tireless reading my Google Alerts every day hoping that they would finally confirm; it