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I Almost Broke Up With This Book....But I'm Glad I Didn't by Hannah Wight

 

We’ve all been there. We’ve picked up a book and looked forward to getting immersed into the story, only to find ourselves confused, bored, and wondering if it’s worth the read. One such book that I almost broke up with was Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel. The main character in the novel is Pi Patel, an Indian Tamil man from Pondicherry, who is recounting his childhood story of survival to a journalist.  As a boy, Pi finds himself...

Livres ajoutés à notre collection française!! Par Carmen Peddie

 

Ici se trouve seulement un petit ensemble de livres pour les adultes que nous avons ajoutés à notre collection française!

Voici les titres mentionnés :

 

Les jumelles d’Arrowood par Laura McHugh

Roman policier :
le décor : une superbe demeure historique bordant le Mississippi le mystère : des petites jumelles qui disparaissent en plein jour le défi : leur grande soeur partant à leur recherche dix-sept ans plus tard sa conviction : elles sont encore en vie.

 

Le magasin...

More Bang for Your Buck at the Library by Rebecca Hunt

A question that is occasionally asked of library staff members is, “How is the library funded?” In Ontario, libraries are funded primarily through municipal tax dollars. In Temiskaming Shores, and in most libraries across Ontario, this accounts for about 85% of library revenues. Although they are primarily funded by their municipalities and their boards are appointed by municipal councils, libraries are governed by the Public Libraries Act of Ontario and are somewhat separate from other municipal...

Animals in Literature by Sharren Riel

 

*Note, most of these stories require a full box of Kleenex to get through…

I still get chocked up when I think about the fate awaiting Beauty and Ginger in the book Black Beauty, and have cried my eyes out over the ending of many copies of Old Yeller. There is something about animals that has the potential to hold and enrapture us. There are good animals, like the rabbits Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and Blackberry in Watership Down and Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web. Hard to imagine a spider saving...

The Best Sex I Ever had was in a Book by Alison McCorkle

Now that I have your attention let me explain myself.

I wasn’t the one actually in the throes of passion, I was just the reader of this steamy scene.
Spicy romance novels aren’t for everyone. If by chance you might enjoy a little more ‘action of an intimate nature’ in your life (without having to shave your legs or other body parts, worry about pregnancy, STDs, or having to cuddle or sleep with this other person), you might want to give them a try.

Here are some titles that might ‘turn you on’ to...