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Let’s get festive (and bookish) with Puffin Plated & The Golden Girls!
What’s that? Puffin Plated and The Golden Girls? Are you wondering what I’m talking about? Well, this picture-heavy post is all about books perfect for the upcoming holiday and Christmas season- specifically about three great new books from the kind folks at Penguin Random House Canada. Puffin Plated is a new series of beautiful “deluxe,… Read more
alex fine, amber spiegel, charles dickens, classics, cookbooks, douglas yacka, francesco sedita, giada de laurentiis, humour, ina garten, jane austen, martha stewart, non-fiction, pop culture, pride and prejudice, puffin plated, television, the golden girls, tisha cherry, trish yearwood, vega hernando -
Spotlight on Forensic Specialist and THE CORONER Author Jennifer Graeser Dornbush!
Welcome to a spotlight post featuring crime fiction author and forensic specialist Jennifer Graeser Dornbush. Jennifer is a forensic consultant on television shows (like Prison Break, Leverage, and Hawaii Five-0), frequently guest speaks and hosts webinars on topics like death investigation and crime fiction, and has recently had her debut mystery novel, The Coroner,… Read more
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Coming Up: Blog Tour for The Playbook by Kwame Alexander!
Sometimes, one can feel a little bit like poor Charlie Brown up there getting duped yet again by Lucy and the football! I’m not getting all maudlin or dramatic, I promise, it’s just been yet another bit of a bumpy stretch with health issues and a genuine lack of time for reading or reviewing! Some… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite TV Shows!
Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week is all about honouring fall TV, and I have decided to do a list of my top ten favourite shows. Now, as with most other Top Ten Tuesdays, I have had a… Read more
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“I’m Mike, from Canmore…”
In honour of Canada Day, here’s Mike from Canmore (as played by the wonderful comedian/writer John Morgan) with some words on being Canadian: Safe and happy holiday, all! Read more
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REWIND: Walken. Weapon of Choice. (Bonus: Star Wars audition)
Christopher Walken can fly, folks! This music video (directed by Spike Jonze!) is from 2001, can you believe it? Read more
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How’s your week going?
I know it’s only Tuesday, but I feel a bit like Georgie boy here… I’ve made some headway into my 2015 reading challenge and read a few YA titles; I hope to have some new posts up soon! Read more
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Bernard Black Exemplifies Customer Service
The great British series Black Books stars Dylan Moran as Bernard Black, bookshop owner and disheveled grouch. Lover of alcohol and cigarettes, and considerably less fond of dealing with the public, Bernard has quite the way of dealing with patrons, as you can see in the compilation below. As a librarian who deals with the… Read more
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Kevin Spacey as Al Pacino and…Al Pacino
Spacey is a fantastic impressionist…and Al Pacino is a good sport about it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLr_TO5OEOM Hoo-ahh! Hoo-ahh! Bonus Benes: Read more
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