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Michael Robert Dyet
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Mostly just keep plugging along and work through it. But sometimes you have to take a break and come back at it later with a fresh mind.
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Hunting Muskie: Rites of Passage - Stories by Michael Robert Dyet
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Until the Deep Water Stills: An Internet-enhanced Novel
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Change is in the Wind
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Ford’s Poisoned Well
Hmmm, how long will it be before the cap blows off the poisoned well?
As you will have heard on the news, the Ford Conservatives used their majority to ram through an omnibus budget bill in the Ontario Legislature. Bill 97 included, among other things, the controversial plan to amalgamate conservation authorities and the blatantly self-serving changes to Freedom of Information laws.
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“Catching the Light” fits neatly into the category of young adult fiction. It does not have the “gorgeously lyrical language” or extraordinary characters that the back cover summary promises. But overall it is a reasonably well constructed novel. “Cat ...more |
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I enjoy hefty literary fiction novels that you can settle into and live inside for a period of time. Ariel Lawson’s “The Frozen River” fits the bill perfectly. It is the story of Martha Ballard – a real-life midwife and healer in Maine in 1789. Martha ...more |
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The lives of three very different characters at turning points in their life intersect in this novel set in a fictional, Northern Ontario town called Solace. Seven-year-old Clare is distraught at the disappearance of her sixteen-year old sister. She f ...more |
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“All the Broken Places” is the story of Gretel Fernsby – daughter of the commandant of one of the Nazi Reich’s most notorious extermination camps. It alternates between present day and historical narratives. The present day narrative takes place in Lo ...more |
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Each time I start reading a novel that has been highly praised and won numerous awards, I wonder if it is going to live up to all the hype. In the case of “Station Eleven”, the answer is: Not quite, but still an interesting read. “Station Eleven” is a ...more |
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About 20 pages into “A Minor Chorus”, I bailed out and decided it was not going to be worth the effort to read. But I picked it up again on the principle that if I bought it, I should finish reading it for better or for worse. My big issue with this s ...more |
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“Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!”
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“Solitude is only a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot; every choice is a world made new for the chosen.”
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Thank you so much for the invitation to friendship. I do know the difficulty in striking that balance you mentioned. And that's the point where I am. Well, I want to master having peace in this world of... everything but! Peace,
Shalonda
Hi Jennifer:Thanks for the insight into your life story. No doubt you had to be very dedicated and very determined to accomplish what you did. I can identify with you to some degree. I was born in a small town and couldn't have gone to university without the government grants and loans that were available at the time. I immersed myself in the academic world and managed to get a couple of small, in-course scholarships that helped pay a few bills along the way.
I'm sure you'll enjoy David Adams Richards. He's a great storyteller who really draws you in to his creations.
Michael
Hi, again, Michael, Please read my comments on Alan Bennett's "Untold Stories".
You'll get an idea of my background.
And why I think David Adams Richards would appeal to me.
Ben:Thanks, Ben. Hopefully this message gets to you. I'm still a little vague on the ins and outs of goodreads. I'm not quite a technophobe but it does take me a bit of time to figure out how things work.
I plan to post a review of your "Living on the Market" which I finished about a week ago. It was an interesting read. It occurred to me that Doug's addiction to playing the market comes from the same place as the current craze of buying lottery tickets. The lure of easy money when lightening strikes.
Michael
Good to be able to be able to put a face to a name, Michael. Glad you put your picture up on Goodreads.Hope you have a pleasant experience on this site. regards!
Shane
