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Lisa K

Lisa K

I obviously like to read. About 50% of my job entails reading,especially current events and books on the environment. I am a library junkie. My favourite authors are Jared Diamond, Jane Austen, Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould. I also like Margaret Atwood, Alice Munroe, Michael Ondaatje and Geraldine Brooks. As I get older, I much prefer non-fiction.
  • Toronto, ON, Canada
  • member since March 2 2009

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  • Abhi

    Abhi says

    Hi Lisa- Great to read your review on the book Art of Happiness at work...I am also inspired a lot after reading the book. I also have recently visited Dharamshala to know more about life of Buddhist monks. If you come across any such books pls do let me know.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Abhi

    Abhi says

    Hi Lisa- Great to read your review on the book Art of Happiness at work...I am also inspired a lot after reading the book. I also have recently visited Dharamshala to know more about life of Buddhist monks. If you come across any such books pls do let me know.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Abhi

    Abhi says

    Hi Lisa- Great to read your review on the book Art of Happiness at work...I am also inspired a lot after reading the book. I also have recently visited Dharamshala to know more about life of Buddhist monks. If you come across any such books pls do let me know.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Abhi

    Abhi says

    Hi Lisa- Great to read your review on the book Art of Happiness at work...I am also inspired a lot after reading the book. I also have recently visited Dharamshala to know more about life of Buddhist monks. If you come across any such books pls do let me know.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ana z

    ana z says

    Btw, it would be wonderful if you could recommend to me any other Canadian authors, besides Ondaatje and Atwood, of who I am a great fan. I live in Serbia and Canadian literature is becoming increasingly popular over here. Thanks in advance.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • ana z

    ana z says

    Thanks for your comments. I appreciate it very much.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Tony Carmine

    Tony Carmine says

    Here is a blurb about my new book—ON THE CREST. Comments welcome: Tige Anderson goes through a series of emotional, physical and psychological adventures in this coming-of-age roller coaster, balancing his life among his romantic trysts, his ambitions, his humanity and his gay best friend. The one thread that connects all of the people in his life is the fact that the cycle of life puts everyone through a series of ups (‘on the crest’) and downs. Whether an individual winds up on top of the wave or under it depends on them. Please let me know if you would like to read the prologue. Tony Carmine.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • DC S

    DC S says

    I love "Einstein: His Life and Universe", What about you?

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ellis K

    Ellis K says

    You should read Sketches!!!!!!!!!!!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sierra P

    Sierra P says

    Thanks for your comments. I enjoy the interchange about a book. Especially one as powerful and this.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • The Ancient One

    The Ancient One says

    Very Nearly

    (Queenie Scott-Hopper)

    I never quite saw fairy folk
    A-dancing in the glade,
    Where, just beyond the hollow oak,
    Their broad green rings are laid;
    But, while behind that oak I hid,
    One day I very nearly did!

    I never quite saw mermaids rise
    Above the twilight sea.
    When sands, left wet, 'neath sunset skies,
    Are blushing rosily:
    But all alone, those rocks amid
    One day I very nearly did!

    I never quite saw Goblin Grim,
    Who haunts our lumber room
    And pops his head above the rim
    Of that oak chest's deep gloom:
    But once when mother raised the lid
    I very, very nearly did!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sierra P

    Sierra P says

    It has been a year since I read the book and I can still visualize it....the sign of an excellent book; but your comments stirred my memory. Their process of deciding to have a child was disturbing. Did they have the capacity to love a child? The father's love was handled through denial, allowing him to love who he wanted him to be him without dealing with the truth of who he truly was, to the detriment of the little sister. Oh, the little sister, who loved him unconditionally. The mother could see him but....I believe that Kevin's degree of evil was inherent in his being & she struggled to understand. Kevin's pathological thought processes, the havoc and pain they created, the mother watching and trying to understand, formed a book I could not put down.

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  • Sierra P

    Sierra P says

    It say you read We Need To Talk About Kevin. Did you find it as fascinating as I did? It was an incredible journey into the mind of a killer, from birth to the end. Even more fascinating was the journey of the minds of those who lived with him. I don't know that I could say they loved him. Many people will not read the book. I gained insight. I would be interested in your opinion.

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )


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