Tag Archives: books

Sort this book

Posted on April 11, 2019 by rossmurray1

“By author, by color, by genre, or by Want to Read versus Read. How are your bookshelves currently organized?” – @Goodreads on Twitter I, of course, have spent considerable time organizing and thinking about how to organize my books, just … Continue reading →

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Put These Books on Your Summer Reading List, Idiot!

Posted on June 28, 2018 by rossmurray1

The Girl Who Was, Like, Whatever By Kelly O’Nelly This literary tour de force from the acclaimed young author of Rockabye Rat Trap tells the story of Kenmore Levinson, a girl so neglected that her mother named her after a … Continue reading →

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My appropriation apology

Posted on June 15, 2017 by rossmurray1

In 2016, I published a novel entitled A Hole in the Ground. In this novel, I referred to a First Nations people, the Muskawatipaq, as well as their ancestral territory, Petawodimocto. These references were entirely fictional, created for the purposes … Continue reading →

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Fave books of 2016

Posted on December 27, 2016 by rossmurray1

Most of the books I read this year weren’t from this year. Here, though, are four novels published in 2016 that I quite enjoyed. Nutshell by Ian McEwan Could McEwan possibly have had more fun? I doubt it. It’s as though … Continue reading →

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Why book lovers are the best

Posted on October 20, 2016 by rossmurray1

For the last several months I’ve been enjoying house concerts in Stanstead. I get to go into someone’s living room and listen to performers as they stand in front of me playing intricate arrangements on instruments that I could never … Continue reading →

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