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[  Mood: Cool ][  Currently: Watching Project Runway First Season ]Shampoo Planet is the second of Coupland’s books. It tells the story of Tyler, a conspicuous consumer who has come of age in the Regan era. Surrounded by quirky characters that are … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio One ]The second book of the Temeraire series finds our title dragon off to China with his captain, Laurence. The Chinese want the black celestial dragon back, and the British are putting preassure … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ]This humourous little book was given to me by the Husband Unit. A very funny board book that gives you the dos and don’ts of child rearing. From the people at WryBaby.com who have the funniest outfits for … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: Getting ready for work ]Whooooohooooooo! New posts soon!

[  Mood: Sick ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]Joanne Baldwin is newly alive and up to her neck in trouble. She and her Djinn, David, are trying to stop a psychopathic teenager who’s stolen the most powerful Djinn in the world … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Watching Coronation Street ]Todd Maffin is a CBC technology reporter and an all round geek. He has an interesting blog entry on Microsoft’s plans to patent biometric technology. Read all about it here.

[  Mood: Sick ][  Currently: Watching The Amazing Race Season Finale ]Everyone in Tally’s world wants to be beautiful. Luckily at sixteen everyone in Tally’s world is made beautiful through surgery. Tally, at fifteen and nine months, can’t wait to move from … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Silly ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]Jade comes down with a fever one day on summer vacation and nearly dies. We are talking out of body experience, traveling down the tunnel to the white light and meeting her granddad. She gets … Continue reading →

[  Mood: In Love ][  Currently: Watching Canadian Figure Skating Championships ]In fantasy the dragon is almost iconic. It shows up everywhere and has been used in so many ways, hero, pet, villain, plot device, you name it. And I have read … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sick ][  Currently: Working on the blog ]Okay – that title is a misleading one. Sort of. This entry should probably be called "I Am America and So Can You! – A Quick Review" But as I read the book, … Continue reading →