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This might be the most rant-driven post I’ve ever written. It’s also going to be completely spoiling The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel, so read at your own caution. Also, I’d like to leave this disclaimer that I don’t exactly have a problem with people who are religious – one of the things…
I’ve been running a monthly letter-writing drop-in with my friend Andrea aka the snail mail queen @dreyray over at Toronto’s First Post Office for a year now! To celebrate, we’ve completely rebranded :p We are now the co-runners of the Toronto Letter Writers Society, and our events are Letter Writing Socials! We’re so happy with…
I’ve started out 2019 by reading about some real badass girls and I dig it! Check out these reviews of Slayer – a continuation of the Buffyverse – and Watch Us Rise – about two girls who make some noise. Slayer by Kiersten White *Please note this includes minor spoilers about Buffy* A lot was working against…
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe Norris Kaplan is not a Canadian, not yet an American… he’s somewhere in between, if that. He’s Black (of Haitian immigrant parents), but was born in Quebec (that’s French Canada) and now he’s living in Texas, where all he does is sweat and grimace at…
It’s back! Barb and I took a little fall/winter snooze as we were busy with other things, but we’re back with everybody’s favourite round of the Book Lover Postcard Swap: Valentine’s! Swoon. Read on below for all the information and the form to sign up! Want to see some fantastic postcards people sent and received?…
Happy 2019, everyone! I’m planning some improvements to the Paper Trail Diary for this year, which includes a big step-up in the banner department. Before I release Banners 2.0, I’m having a sale of what’s up in my Etsy shop! All the pre-made banners are currently $5, which is half off! Your walls could look…
Here we are at 12:30 pm on December 31st, 2018, and I’ve finally decided on my top 10 books of 2018. It’s been a bit of a weird year, reading-wise, for me. Only a few books really knocked my socks off. I spent a lot more of my free time watching TV and crafting. I…