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The themes of The Sisters Brothers story mirrored the response of our book club. There was a real contrast in the characters and the story they were living. A couple of murderers at odds with one another and the motivation behind their work, one seeking a more meaningful life that might even allow love to [...]
Today I completed book number 5 of the 50 book pledge!
Our book club is reading The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay this month. I downloaded it to my e-reader on my tablet for the ability to read on the bus, at the dr.’s office, etc. It was a surprisingly light read for the topic. [...]
This year I have taken on a few challenges to help me meet a few of my goals, as I posted previously one of them is the 2012 To Be Read challenge. I am reading 12 books this year that have been on my to be read shelf(ves) for more than a year.
I completed [...]
Posting this purely to help meet my #50bookpledge. This week I read a trashy novel to distract my mind a bit: I don’t really have anything worth writing about it other than to say it did the trick:
Slow Hands
Book 2 of the #50BookPledge
You Don’t Need a Job! You Need Guts Click here to view more details by Ashley Ambirge
~Founder, The Middle Finger Project
I have been following Ashley’s e-newsletter for sometime now. When she announced the launch of this book I jumped at the chance to pre-purchase it at the discounted [...]
50BookPledge/Book1:
“Knit the Season” – Kate Jacobs
~a review
As part of the #50bookpledge I am going to review every book I read in 2012 with BIG hopes of reading and reviewing 50 books this year.
This is the first of the print books I have finished, however I do have a couple of ebooks [...]
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About me My name is Trish. Blogging for Change... inspiring you to make change: in your own life and for social good.
I am interested in the pursuit of bettering our lives. I like to write about issues & activities of interest to me, sometimes doing advocacy work, sometimes to express myself personally. I also post samples of my amateur photography.
My two beautiful school-aged girlies and I live in Nova Scotia since July of 2006, after having moved around Canada. I am the Director of Mommy Connetions Halifax. I have a broad range of interests, but some of the things you’ll see me post about include: diabetes; cancer; early learning & care, family, and women; scrapbooking; reading; running; social justice; parenting; and life balance…
I am currently a registered Social Worker Candidate, previously an early childhood educator, child care centre director, and interim director of two not-for-profit agencies.
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