Is anyone looking for something new to try? Or maybe to try again or learn more about? How about knitting? If you can dig up a pair of needles and some yarn … (ask around your family members, who knows what might be hiding somewhere in a closet). Knitting is easier than you would think. There are 2 stitches to learn and with those, you can do anything. And there Read More …
Web Comics
If your preferred ‘reading for relaxation’ material is graphic, there are loads of online options. Check out these below. Several of these might be familiar from our library – you can follow along with the writers and artists as they go. As Per Usual – Demi Lee Bird and Moon: science and nature cartoons – Rosemary Mosco Check, Please! – Ngozi Ukazu Chesire Crossing – Andy Weir and Sarah Andersen Read More …
What Should You Read During…?
On the last day the public libraries were open here in Burnaby, we went over to the McGill branch and stocked up. Spring Break was just starting and it was looking like I was going to have even more reading time than usual. Well it’s 5 weeks on and I have done lots of reading and my stash has diminished – I’ve just started on the last one. So what Read More …
Book Clubs
Are you wishing for something social? A reason to get together (virtually) with your friends? How about a book club? Book clubs are interesting creatures: some are very serious – book read by all then discussed; that’s what it’s about, while others are just excuses for members to get out of the house (or, in our current world, onto the computer) and visit. Often everyone reads the same book, but Read More …
Your Home Library
Do you have books all over and everywhere? Some on shelves, some on your bedside table? Some in piles on the floor? Your bedroom? living room? bathroom? Have you ever suddenly decided you wanted to read a particular book, right now? And then, couldn’t find it? Well, being at home with maybe some extra time, might be the perfect opportunity to fix that problem. Whether you have a collection of Read More …
Audio Books
I love reading. But I also love other things (knitting, anyone? or baking or walking or ???). The best thing is to combine the two. And all I need is my phone and some earbuds. I download a book and off I go. I must confess that I tend to listen to fluff – it’s hard to concentrate on the other thing I’m doing if I’m having to concentrate on Read More …
Armchair Museum Visits
Yesterday I sent you off to explore libraries. Today, you can visit some of the most famous museums in the world. Right from the comfort of your favourite chair. First on the list, the British Museum (as seen here).
Armchair Travel
The Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library, Oxford If you were like me, your travel was greatly curtailed during Spring Break. While I didn’t have a big trip planned, I hoped to visit a few places around here – Fibres West (a festival for all things fibre – and as a Knitter, I am a fibre fiend) in Langley, Granville Island, … downtown Vancouver. Just days out. But it didn’t happen. The Read More …
Podcasts
There are loads of podcasts to listen to, regardless of which topic is of interest to you. Last week, I directed you to some sources of eBooks and audiobooks. Today, we’ll look at a couple of podcasts about YA books. The first is from Epic Reads. On Epic Reads’ YouTube channel, you will find book reviews and trailers, author interviews, DIY-A projects, and more. Publishers have their own podcasts for Read More …
More Harry Potter
I have to admit, I am a big fan. My oldest received The Philosopher’s Stone for his birthday when it was still pretty new, 20 years ago now(!). I picked it up a few weeks later and was hooked. I feel really lucky as I got to follow the story along with my kids. Each new book’s release was looked forward to and then shared as we read them aloud Read More …