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druidflower · 12-04-2006, 08:44 PM

Hi my name is Fabienne and I am a biblioholic.

here are just some of the books that have fed my addiction

There Will Be Wolves, by Karleen Bradford
I loved this book when I first read it and every time I read it again I just love it more. It's about a young woman in Germany at the begining of the Holy Crusades under Richard the Lionhearted. The woman, Ursula, is accused of practicing witchcraft, though as far as I could tell she was a Muggle, and as we know, during the crusudes, the life expectancy of us magical folk was about an hour. She is sent on a crusade to "attone for her sins" and the book is the story of her journey and the struggles, emotional, physical, and moral, that she faces on it.

Stories From the Vinyl Cafe, The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, Home From the Vinyl Cafe, The Vinyl Cafe Diaries, and Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe; by Stuart McLean.
This is a great, hilarious series by a Radio Host on the CBC. The Vinyl Cafe is a radio show with live music, usually jazz or folk, and hosted by Stuart McLean. Most episodes he tells us stories about the family and friends of Dave, a hapless, well meaning, bumbling man with a wife, two kids, a cat, a dog, and occasionally the odd guinea pig or wild bird. All these stories eventually get published into books of short stories that are so funny they can't be read to oneself in a public place lest you want people to think you're crazy for laughing to yourself. Honorable mention goes to the stories entitled Skunks, Galway, Dave Cooks the Turkey, A Night to Remember, and Tree Planting.

The Hockey Sweater, by Roch Carrier
I have the french version of this book, but the English translation is just as good, and just as classic. Originally published in French in 1979, a line from this book is printed on the latest version of the Canadian five dollar bill, so familiar has it become. It's the story of a young boy in Quebec who is sent a hockey sweater, only it's the Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey instead of that of the Montreal Canadians. Among young boys in Quebec, you cheer for Montreal, and never Toronto, lest you want, at best, a serious ribbing, or at worse, to be shunned as a traitor.

That's it for my selections this time around. These ones were all Canadian publications, which was only half on purpose.

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druidflower Nogtail Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a PUMPKIN BOAT!! Posts: 4,635 Hogwarts RPG Name: whistle	Faye's Canadian book list NeeNee Omniscient Omnipotent Pie Maker Hi my name is Fabienne and I am a biblioholic. here are just some of the books that have fed my addiction There Will Be Wolves, by Karleen Bradford I loved this book when I first read it and every time I read it again I just love it more. It's about a young woman in Germany at the begining of the Holy Crusades under Richard the Lionhearted. The woman, Ursula, is accused of practicing witchcraft, though as far as I could tell she was a Muggle, and as we know, during the crusudes, the life expectancy of us magical folk was about an hour. She is sent on a crusade to "attone for her sins" and the book is the story of her journey and the struggles, emotional, physical, and moral, that she faces on it. Stories From the Vinyl Cafe, The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged, Home From the Vinyl Cafe, The Vinyl Cafe Diaries, and Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe; by Stuart McLean. This is a great, hilarious series by a Radio Host on the CBC. The Vinyl Cafe is a radio show with live music, usually jazz or folk, and hosted by Stuart McLean. Most episodes he tells us stories about the family and friends of Dave, a hapless, well meaning, bumbling man with a wife, two kids, a cat, a dog, and occasionally the odd guinea pig or wild bird. All these stories eventually get published into books of short stories that are so funny they can't be read to oneself in a public place lest you want people to think you're crazy for laughing to yourself. Honorable mention goes to the stories entitled Skunks, Galway, Dave Cooks the Turkey, A Night to Remember, and Tree Planting. The Hockey Sweater, by Roch Carrier I have the french version of this book, but the English translation is just as good, and just as classic. Originally published in French in 1979, a line from this book is printed on the latest version of the Canadian five dollar bill, so familiar has it become. It's the story of a young boy in Quebec who is sent a hockey sweater, only it's the Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey instead of that of the Montreal Canadians. Among young boys in Quebec, you cheer for Montreal, and never Toronto, lest you want, at best, a serious ribbing, or at worse, to be shunned as a traitor. That's it for my selections this time around. These ones were all Canadian publications, which was only half on purpose. __________________ always