Goodreads blurb: The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing—not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought, but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a “Prairie Witch,” whose body serves as a bank vault…
The Tao Te Ching (pronounced more like Dow Day Jing) or “Book of the Way” is, simply put, the greatest self-help book of all time. While Lao Tzu’s words of wisdom launched Taoism and influenced Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, and Buddhism, anyone of any religion or belief system could apply its teachings and find themselves living a…
Goodreads blurb: A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow…
Goodreads blurb: Twenty-five year old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old recklessness, is usually off fighting for what matters to him or getting into mischief, often at the same…
(image: Title page of the I Ching, c. 1100 AD/CE – http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/08/73/99.html, Public Domain) As I mentioned previously in my post about the Old Chinese language, the earliest examples of written Chinese come from oracle bones, pieces of ox scapula or turtle shell that were used in divination rituals and began to include written language…
First of all, as a fellow basement-apartment-dweller I have to say, “…on the cushion that already has a tear in it from when I tried to kill a house centipede with a butcher knife” (p. 46) is the most relatable sentence I’ve ever read. I laughed out loud for a full minute. It’s hard for…
Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I’ll be sharing my thoughts about the 5 books that will battle it out for the Canada Reads 2025 title next week (March 17-20). If you’re not familiar with Canada Reads, it’s an annual competition on CBC (Canada’s public broadcaster) where 5 Canadian celebrities each pick a Canadian…