Just watched the movie “Becoming Jane”. I rented it after deciding to take home all of Jane Austen’s books from my library over the summer to read. Not sure why I haven’t read them before, but, if you’re looking for inspiration to read these classics, watching the movie might just do the trick.  I’ve had several [...]

A quote by L.M. Montgomery I have posted both at my school library and in my home library proclaims: 
“Life would be to me in all respects a terrible thing without books.” – L.M. Montgomery
If you have been following this blog since its inception, you already know that the L.M. Montgomery series of Anne and Emily [...]

A little while back I blogged about Project Gutenberg, the internet’s oldest producer of electronic books or ebooks, designed to let readers access classic public domain fiction for free on-line. DailyLit.com takes the idea one step further and sends bite-size portions of classic books via e-mail or RSS feeds to readers each day. The books are sent to [...]

To me, there’s nothing like browsing and buying books “offline” in an old favourite or newly discovered bookstore. But, living as I do in the country, at least an hour away from the nearest real world bookseller, I often purchase books online. Usually my purchases are from the websites of my favourite bookstores. Sometimes, however, [...]

Just finished reading yesterday’s post, and, noticed it was very long… So, hopefully, those of you whose idea this was made your way through my first attempt without falling asleep!
The departure from my school of one of the teachers I mentioned in yesterday’s post was part of the inspiration for this blog. We hope it [...]