Author Archives: ubalstecha

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Editing the Podcast ]Mercedes Lackey is a very well known fantasy author. Creator of the Heralds of Valdemar series, her books would be classified as YA if she starting publishing now, given the themes that she explores. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]So I was listening to the CBC show Q, and they had an interview with a woman who had developed a physical activity program for young babies. Her premise is … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]I am always reading. ALWAYS. And as part of that activity, I am always on the lookout for books to pull kids of any age into reading. When I stumbled across this book at the … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]So today I was listening to the House, a CBC show on National politics. They had an interview with someone from Shaw Communications, one of the Canadian cable companies that … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]I stumbled across this book at my local library. You see in addition to using things like Goodreads, CBC Radio and people like Rick Klaw to find my next read, I also like to troll … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sick ][ Currently: Getting ready to get a blood test then go back to bed ] Jackson Jones is the star of Nathan Hale Elementary School. Good looking and popular, he is the star quarterback of his peewee football team. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sick ][ Currently: About to get ready for work. ]In case you haven’t heard, the CRTC (telecom regulator) has approved metering the Internet here in Canada. There has been a backlash, but rumours are swirling that there will be a … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]A while ago I asked a lot of my Canadian SF/Fan friends to help me put together a list of essential Canadian Spec Fic (yes, KD a list) for RevSF. Dave Duncan’s name kept coming up. This made … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Watching Sherlock ] Author Allison Hoover Bartlett stumbled across the story of John Charles Gilkey, a rare book thief who spent years steeling books from dealers across North America. Gilkey is not a sympathetic figure. A career … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Editing the Podcast ]One of the challenges I have set myself this year is to read outside my comfort zone. As part of this, I have turned to awards lists for inspiration. This book was nominated for … Continue reading →