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Kumquat by Alanna King
She said “Just pinch a bit of your belly and inject”This poison into your veins -Once a week – And it will beat the disease back where it belongs”You’ll battle that voice in your head that wonders:“Why does feeling better require hurting myself?”But you’ll find out that pain is relevant to the treatmentThe treatment is…
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Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin
Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin My rating: 4 of 5 stars I thought the voice of the first 1/3 was really young and at the same time, the topic is right on cue for a teen audience. I’ve had lots of students in the experience of being taken into care in this age group…
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Coming Home by Tu Vuong
Coming Họmẹ by Tu Vuong My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I read poetry, I try to let it sort of wash over me like rain, because to capture all of the nuance in meaning at once isn’t possible at the first read. I admire Tu’s ambition of trying to create an arc to…
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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s dry — but if you let ideas percolate, rather than racing to finish it, I think almost everyone would find the intersections of engineering and design really useful to their work. Things I will take away: the product needs…
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Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer
Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s a healthy romp back into the history of Canadian drama and television and politics. I enjoyed reliving my own personal history with these topics through his parallel life — it turns out we’re almost the same age so his references to music…
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Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto, illus. by Ann Xu
Her stroppy daughters want her to be in nursing care but she thinks out she can live independently
threadbare beauty 