Everyday Adventuring
Let's be honest, this is basically the one time of year I'm guaranteed to write a blog. Summing up the year gone by and looking forward to hopes for this new year. So let's jump in... 2020 held a lot of opportunity! I applied to go to grad school, and in September began studying for… Continue reading Annual Report
I have learned so many things listening to this book. I would be tempted to rename it An Introduction to The Indian Act. For instance it was called the Indian Act because when settlers first arrived in North America they thought they were in India (where they had already travelled) so assumed the people they… Continue reading 21 Thing You May Not Know About the Indian Act – bob Joseph
I have an American friend who, before I met Tom, told me that I should make sure to marry English. She had been on a training program in the UK when she met her British husband, and the hassle they had been through with visas since getting married was vast. I had other friends from… Continue reading Waiting for Visas Sucks!
This was very interesting. I purchased it on a Canada Day sale of audiobooks by Canadian authors with not a lot of idea as to what to expect. It's the first novel/fiction book that I've listened to as well. It was read by the author which I always feels helps in audiobooks. The only other… Continue reading Fifteen Dogs – André Alexis
It took a bit to get into this having just read The Hunger Games trilogy - the writing style is quite different and in third person as opposed to being from the lead character's perspective (and it seems to jump around a little bit between Coriolanus' inner monolgue and third person which gets a bit… Continue reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
To be honest, I couldn't help but compare this book to Amy Poehler's book and to be frank, I much preferred Yes Please! That said, this was very enjoyable. Tina tells stories from behind the scenes of SNL and 30 Rock (neither of which I've ever seen, so they're a little lost on me...) that… Continue reading Bossypants – Tina Fey
The end of the trilogy! The writing definitely gets a little lazy/predictable towards the end of the trilogy. I wonder if it's because by the third book in a series you're guaranteed an audience...? I also feel like a thesaurus was heavily thumbed by the end of it too. Anyways, content-wise, it's straight to the… Continue reading The Hunger Games, Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
The second in the trilogy and possibly my least favourite. The reason? One third of the book is this back and forth where Katniss is presented as a confused girl choosing between two love interests. It just doesn't fit with how she's portrayed in the rest of the story. The slight saving grace of this… Continue reading The Hunger Games, Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
I wanted to get back into actually reading and not just listening to audiobooks. So I downloaded one of my favourite series - The Hunger Games - and ploughed through the first book in just under a week. It is very well written and a great story. I actually then read an interview with Suzanne… Continue reading The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
This is Dave Hollis' first book, and his is a new voice in the personal development world, following his wife Rachel Hollis into it... I got this book because I enjoy Dave and Rach's Start Today Morning Show on Instagram, I really enjoyed Rachel's books, and I find the way they talk about life and… Continue reading Get Out of Your Own Way – Dave Hollis
Ellen Wiggins 