A continuation of yesterday’s post on scratching your summer reading itch! As I said yesterday, let me know if there’re any particular inclinations you have—I’ll do my best to come up with some top tier recommendations. You’re in the mood for a sprawling, epic fantasy with metric tonnes of worldbuilding: Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard…
All summered up and nothing to read? I know the feeling. Sometimes the books in the TBR pile just aren’t quite what you’re in the mood for. Luckily, I’ve got you covered with top picks in fiction to scratch whatever your particular reading itch may be. Part One today, Part Two tomorrow, and let me…
History. Everybody’s a product of it. Everybody’s affected by it. And in one way or another, I hope that your clicking on this article means you’re at least a little bit interested in learning more about it. If you’re not, maybe these channel recommendations will help you along. You may find it’s more interesting than…
Villanelle: A form of poetry featuring five tercets and a quartet, with an alternating rhyme scheme and a pair of repeating lines scattered throughout. To be honest, I’m not normally the type to spring for structured poetry. I tend to write very freeform poetry, if it can even be called that after a while. But…
One book, two books. Red book, blue book. It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’m a huge fan of books. Any books. Nonfiction, fantasy, contemporary, memoir… I’m a firm believer that every genre has its merits, and that there exists, somewhere in the world, at least one book for everyone. Unfortunately, my…
In my ongoing epic quest for misc. knowledge about linguistics, I not too long ago fell into the rabbit hole that is sign language. Not only are sign languages a crucial tool for Deaf communities around the world and an increasingly important part of many a modern polyglot’s repertoire; sign language is also unique in…
The global rollout of the vaccines for COVID-19 has been the subject of much contention all over the world. There’s a lot of information coming out at once, and with so many stakeholders it can be hard to keep up. Here’s a brief rundown of each of the currently Canadian-approved COVID-19 vaccines as well as…
Sometimes I could swear that my cat is a human trapped in an animal’s body. She loves to cause mischief; she drinks water nearly exclusively out of (explicitly human) glasses that we accidentally leave lying around. And when she knows she’s in trouble, she looks at me with those glassy feline eyes and I find…
I’ve always been in love with language. I’m a writer; I suppose it comes with the territory. Maybe the progression of my language-love from a love of English and its nuance to a love of all languages was a natural one, then. Even if not, I really got into language learning over the course of…
Today marks the first anniversary of the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons (abbreviated as ACNH), the long-awaited next instalment of a much-beloved, twenty-year-old franchise. It’s well known among slice-of-life gamers for its cute graphics, its diverse (and often savage) cast of animal villagers, and the somehow forgivably reassuring nature of its often inefficient and…
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before book and movie trilogies. The Netflix film adaptation of Jenny Han’s NYT bestselling To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before was the definition of instant success. It followed the adventures of Lara Jean Song Covey (Lana Condor), a part-time high school junior/full-time hopeless…
From starry-eyed aspiring authors to students sitting in the exam hall with their paper wishing they could conceivably bang their head against the desk repeatedly without a) sustaining some serious brain damage and b) getting kicked out for disturbing the peace, almost everyone will have to write at some point. Bonus points if the starry-eyed…