Sixty pages in, I’m loving J.J. Lee’s The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit. Precise, lyrical writing that moves between sections on cultural history (of men’s wear…
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I love when something I’m reading bumps into something I’ve read recently. Of course, this sends the little file clerk who presides over my memory scurrying through the vaults, tossing pages frantically hither and yon,…
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We’re leaving for Amsterdam (five days there, then most of the month in France) early next week, and when I return I’ll be even further behind in recording my reading! So I’m just going to…
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Besidesreading for work, though, I’ve snuck in a few books just for me. Diana Athill’s Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend might be my favourite of the year so far; admittedly, I was predisposed…
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When I was in Fredericton back in May, my friend Tanis MacDonald and I spent much of a happy afternoon wandering the amazing cornucopia of books that is The Owl’s Nest Bookstore. Even though I…
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