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When We Cease to Understand the World?

Posted on October 26, 2023 by BiblioLennLibrary

Reviewed by Stephen Sheeran I used to put a question to my students: Is mathematics invented or discovered??? It was a question that really did not lend itself to a definitive answer. It is clear that mathematical concepts are not … Continue reading →

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Parrotheads! A Moment of Silence, Please!  Jimmy Buffett R.I.P.

Posted on September 28, 2023 by BiblioLennLibrary

Reviewed by Stephen Sheeran Friends, Readers, Countrypersons, I come to praise Jimmy Buffett, not to bury him. I must confess that I was never a huge fan of his music…just not my cup of tea. But I do have fond … Continue reading →

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And now for something completely…

Posted on August 31, 2023 by BiblioLennLibrary

SYMBOLISTE!!! In my last review, on Martin Hansen’s The Liar, I mentioned that setting sometimes virtually assumes the status of main character. In today’s subject, Bruges-La-Morte, a symbolist-decadent classic by Georges Rodenbach, the author unabashedly elevates the Belgian (Flemish) city … Continue reading →

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Fantasy and Escapism while parenting in a pandemic

Posted on May 1, 2020 by BiblioLennLibrary

By Shanna Bernier Parenting during a pandemic is wild. There have been countless articles, blogs and rants shared online and in print about how untenable it is for most parents to manage their full-time jobs, children, a home as well … Continue reading →

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Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club By Megan Gail Coles

Posted on April 24, 2020 by BiblioLennLibrary

Reviewed by Janine Taylor-Cutting It has been months since I read this electrifying book, which is a Canada Reads selection this year. So today I sat down in front of my laptop and asked myself what I remembered about Small … Continue reading →

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We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir, by Samra Habib

Posted on April 10, 2020 by BiblioLennLibrary

Reviewed by Linda Buchanan This is the fourth of the Good Reads reviews of this year’s Canada Reads event held in Lennoxville on March 11 2020   Samra Habib is a journalist, writer, photographer and activist. She sprang into the … Continue reading →

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Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

Posted on April 3, 2020 by BiblioLennLibrary

Today’s review is the third from the participants in the Canada Reads event recently held at the Lennoxville Library. Reviewed by Sébastien Lebel-Grenier Son of a Trickster is a ‘coming of age’ novel about a sixteen-year-old boy with a big … Continue reading →

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From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle

Posted on March 27, 2020 by BiblioLennLibrary

Today’s review is the second of five from the participants in the Canada Reads event recently held at the Lennoxville Library. Reviewed by Charity Kerrigan   From the Ashes is a book written as part of Jesse Thistle’s AA 12 … Continue reading →

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Cory Doctorow:  Radicalized

Posted on March 20, 2020 by BiblioLennLibrary

Prof. Jean L. Manore, Bishop’s University Today’s review is the first of five taken from the recent Canada Reads presentations at the Lennoxville Library. Radicalized consists of four novellas each tackling an issue of increasing concern:  refugees, race relations, paying … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen King and Owen King

Posted on March 12, 2019 by BiblioLennLibrary

Reviewed by Melanie and Gerry Cutting If Stephen King is the “king” of horror fiction, Gerry Cutting is the king of the Stephen King novel, having read nearly all of them. He kindly agreed to speak with me about his … Continue reading →

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