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Secret de la joie by Alice Walker

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

The Penguin Atlas of the Diasporas by Gerard Chaliand

Independent Visions: A Critical Introduction to Recent Independent American Film by Donald Lyons

Shadows, Fire, Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti by Patricia Albers

Rethinking Canada: The promise of women's history (New Canadian readings) by Veronica Strong-Boag

Long Day Wanes by Anthony Burgess

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CollectionsYour library (1,016), Currently reading (5), To read (6), All collections (1,016)

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About meCoffee drinking, book loving, music listening gardener, writer, photographer.

About my libraryCicero said if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. I have both. And love. I have everything I need.

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, What Are You Reading Now?, Writer-readers

Favorite authorsJoseph Boyden, Gwendolyn Brooks, Chrystos, Lynn Freed, Lawrence Hill, Doris Lessing, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Michael Ondaatje, Ann Patchett, Anne Sexton, Tennessee Williams (Shared favorites)

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Favorite librariesSpring Garden Road Memorial branch (Halifax Public Libraries)

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Real nameJoanne Bealy

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Currently readingThe Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live by Niki Jabbour
The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by Andre Comte-Sponville
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture: Creating an Edible Ecosystem by Christopher Shein
GREAT BLACK NORTH: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN CANADIAN POETRY by
Him Standing by Richard Wagamese

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Collected Works of Oscar Wilde (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Collection) by Oscar Wilde

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Whylah Falls by George Elliott Clarke

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The ecstasy of Rita Joe and other plays (New drama) by George Ryga

Loving Sisters Brothers...truer grit! and very funny!

posted by abealy at 11:11 am (EST) on May 31, 2012

I've heard a lot about it...if they have a kindle edition I'll order it now!! I'm deep into Kissing the Mask, William Volmann's tome on Beauty in Noh Theater. The guy needs to learn to be more succinct!

posted by abealy at 3:15 pm (EST) on May 1, 2012

Thanks for the note. I hadn't heard of him or the book. All the books that are waiting to be read just morphed into some sort of composite Super Tome and took over the back of the house...

posted by abealy at 2:02 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2011

having a lot of books in common. wanted to go through your catalog but it feels stalker-ish/creepy to do it without saying hello, like your books etc., so... hello...

posted by BettcherForrest at 9:24 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2008

yeah these are old time pulp stories written in the '30s...pre-scientology. sometimes i lap up this stuff like chicken soup...good for the soul...fun reads.

posted by abealy at 8:27 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

I have [Strange Piece of Paradise] in my tbr pile {for quite some time now}. Let me know what you think of it. I'm finishing up [In the Woods] by Tana French. It's excellent.

posted by msf59 at 4:36 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2008

It's great. i knew very little of this history and I couldn't put it down all day yesterday. I've seen a lot of Goddard's films over the years but I want to see them again as they come up in the book.

posted by abealy at 1:29 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2008

Hi Joanne, just thought I'd drop in and visit as we're such close neighbours. I noticed you when I added my Comox Valley book (I live in Courtenay). I have a very dear friend who lives in Ganges.

All the best,

Katherine

posted by katylit at 10:53 am (EST) on May 5, 2008

Hmm, didn't really mean to make that a private comment! :)

posted by avisannschild at 9:58 am (EST) on May 2, 2008

Hi again,

How long have you been on Salt Spring? It's a lovely spot! Yeah, I heard that you had gotten more snow. Needless to say, so did we, although I think spring may have finally sprung on us... I will ask my sister if she knows you!

posted by avisannschild at 3:42 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

Hi Joanne,

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries! Coincidentally, I was on Salt Spring last month visiting my sister. (So great to take a break from winter in Montreal and visit your spring!) I'll be interested to compare our reviews of that ER book, once we've both gotten it and read it!

posted by avisannschild at 12:50 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2008