Monthly Archives: March 2022

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Müller Reviewed by Jesse Dymond for “Canada Reads, and So Does Lennoxville” Let me begin by saying that I didn’t want to read this book. I wanted to read Five Little Indians! I wasn’t sure that I had … Continue reading

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Another For Grammar Nerds

By Stephen Sheeran What do QAnon, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas, Primary Colors (the novel), the Unabomber manifesto, and a ransom note from the JonBenét Ramsey case all have in common??? Answer: They were all, in the course of legal … Continue reading

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Best Laid Plans

By Vincent Cuddihy While browsing my bookshelves, I came across What’s So Funny? A Dortmunder Novel (2007) by Donald E. Westlake. It turns out that a Dortmunder is neither a somewhere nor a something, but a someone: John Dortmunder, a … Continue reading

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War and Peace

By Shanna Bernier Usually I’m not shy to have difficult conversations with children. My kids are both naturally curious, and their little supersonic ears seem to pick up on any word in a conversation or radio newscast which might require … Continue reading

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