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Mean Girls in Teen Fiction

When I say the words "teens" and "mean girls" I know that many of you shudder a little. We all know some. Some of us have been their target. Some of us have been mean girls ourselves. Some of have been on both sides. We see them reflected in movies, tv ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Judy Blume,  Facebook Inc.

Olympic Mittens - the hottest and hardest thing to find in Canada

Take on part Olympic fever, one part the realities of a Canadian winter, one part philanthropy and one part Canadian patriotism all rolled up in red wool and what do you get? Canada's obsession with the Canadian 2010 Olympic mittens. The red Olympic ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  19 Nov 2009

What's Your Reading Pet Peeve?

We all have pet peeves, those things that drive us crazy for no good reason. Most of the time it's just a minor annoyance but when it comes to books they can drive us to distraction or possibly even to the point of throwing a book against the well. ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  16 Nov 2009

Checking in with your 2009 Reading Goals

The beginning of a new year is a wonderful. It's bright, shiny and full of possibilities. So we dutifully fill it up with hopes and goals. There's just under seven weeks left in 2009 which makes it a good time to check in with your reading goals. I ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  14 Nov 2009

A Pittance of Time - Lest We Forget

The first Remembrance Day that I remember clearly...I had to have been about 7. It was my first, and only, year in Brownies. I was chosen to walk with the Canadian flag in my town's Remembrance Day ceremony. This meant standing at attention in the cold, ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  11 Nov 2009

The Fine Art of Recommending Books

So you read a really good book. The next thing to do is go force into the hands of everyone you know and say, "You will read this book and love it. Because I said so." Yes? No. Not really. One of the things about reading a lot is that people expect ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  9 Nov 2009

Memories of Christopher Pike

I think we all have memories of books that we read when we were in our tweens. They were passed around from girl to girl, each one devouring it before passing it on to the next one in line. When I was about 11 or 12 years old the literary crack of ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  7 Nov 2009

A Royal Visit

Earlier this week Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, landed in Newfoundland and began their first visit to the country since they were married in 2005. During the trip Camilla will get in touch with her Canadian roots by ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: British National Party,  Princess Diana

On Reading Big Books

. I bought in part because I think that she must have lived an interesting life. She didn't just live to be more than 100 years old, she lived an entire century. She was born in 1900 and died in 2002 and I find that kind of fascinating. But another ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: British National Party,  Harry Potter

Cruising Through the Canada Blogroll

You know how in the early days of the internet you used to just bump along looking for fun things? And every day was a discovery? That's how I feel on the days when I play on the BlogHer Blog Directory. I especially like to do it with the Canadian ...

From SASSYMONKEY, BlogHer,  29 Oct 2009

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