books

I created a bookish social networking site, Millefeuilles.cloud

Dec 3, 2022 4 min read Comments fediverse Save to Pocket

I created a website called Millefeuilles.cloud, which uses Bookwyrm and which lets people talk about books on the Fediverse.

4100 to 6000 unmarked child graves: truth and reconciliation after 7 years

Sep 29, 2022 5 min read Comments Québec Save to Pocket

In anticipation of Truth and Reconciliation Day, I read this week for the first time the book 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph, published in 2018.

Book Rec: "Apprendre à nous écrire" edited by Magali Guilbault Fitzbay

May 18, 2022 3 min read Comments nonbinary Save to Pocket

This book edited by Magali Guilbault Fitzbay and discussing the different strategies of inclusive, feminist, and nonbinary writing is exceptional and gets my very strong recommendation!

Those sweet, sweet polar winds

Feb 27, 2022 4 min read Comments Personal Log Save to Pocket

My reading this winter, especially on politics and history, has been oddly prophetic in the worst way.

I backed RDW: A Tale of Lost Fantasy and I am so happy I did!

Feb 11, 2022 2 min read Comments graphic novels Save to Pocket

My review of the first volume of Marco Rudy's absolutely beautiful bande dessinée, I mean, graphic novel!

Reading Notes on Blowout by Rachel Maddow

Jan 11, 2022 4 min read Comments Reading Notes Save to Pocket

I borrowed a copy of Rachel Maddow's 2019 book, Blowout, over the winter holidays and got through it in a fortnight. Here are a few of my thoughts on this exposé of a few major actors in the oil and gas industry:

2021: A Year In Books

Dec 27, 2021 7 min read Comments books Save to Pocket

This year's categories: Favourite Supervillain Novel; Favourite Mythological Remix; Favourite Family Mythmaking; Favourite Weaving of History and Historical Fiction; Favourite Epistolary Mindfuck; and Favourite Bildungsroman! (Oh, and Favourite Nonfiction too!)