It’s Canada Day, and somewhere between barbecues and fireworks, why not squeeze in a little Can-con in book club form? (Hell, you could probably watch it in in the time it takes for the neighbourhood dads to rig up the next round of pyrotechnics.) This week for Books in 140 Seconds, Erin and I are talking about Jessica Grant’s utterly charming Come, Thou Tortoise.
The next edition of the frantic phenomenon that is Books in 140 Seconds will be July 15 at 1:40 p.m., and it’s going to be an exciting one, since anyone who attended the last KIRBC meeting will tell you that Erin and I get more than a little animated when we’re talking extreme adventure tales, especially Colin Angus’ Beyond the Horizon.
Hooray! One of my favourite books of the year. I’d love to see this as a Canada Reads selection.
Erin: totally agreed with your comment on Grant’s confidence as a writer. It’s funny because in person she seemed rather shy and worried about what people though of her writing, but it certainly doesn’t come across in Come, Thou Tortoise! Confidence is the exact right word.
I still have to get her short stories, which I read are excellent as well.
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