I hope all the Canadians out there
had a fantastic Canada Day, and the Americans, a
terrific Fourth of July! Paddy and I try to make
it out to the local fireworks display every year,
and this one was no exception. As you can see from
the below photos, it was a perfectly clear summer
evening with plenty of Canadian pride on display.
If I'd had it together (and not been
spending so much time watching the World Cup lately!)
I would've posted this video of astronaut Chris
Hadfield and his brother, Dave singing about Canada
on Canada Day. You can read the lyrics and chords
here.
While my Goodreads Come See About
Me contest concluded earlier this week, and the winners
been sent out their books, my summer giveaway continues
with the chance to win signed copies of sci-thriller
Yesterday AND its sequel Tomorrow.
If you haven't read them yet but can imagine something
like Looper meets an Inconvenient Truth
meets Say Anything but in book form, you'll
get a good idea of what the novels are like.
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Yesterday
by C.K. Kelly Martin
Giveaway ends August 02, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Because the Netherlands vs Costa
Rica match will be starting shortly I have to
wrap this entry up! But before I go I want to
recommend some fun summer reading for kids ten
and up—Governor General’s Literary Award
finalist Deborah
Kerbel's new book: Bye Bye, Evil Eye.
Here's the blurb:
A summer trip to Greece seems
like the perfect chance for thirteen-year-old
Dani to spend some time on the beach, help her
bookish best friend Cathy get her first kiss,
and maybe find some summer romance of her own.
But when bad luck begins to strike over and over,
and continues to strike when she returns to her
home in Toronto, Dani starts to wonder if she
is cursed. Literally. Cathy tells of the “evil
eye,” and warns that a curse may have been
put on Dani by a mysterious girl whose path she
crossed in Greece. Dani gets sick, injured, and
her family car is vandalized. Is it the “evil
eye,” or is someone out to get Dani? And
what bizarre lengths will Dani go to as she tries
to get the curse lifted?
I finished reading it the other day and am now hoping Deborah's planning a sequel for Dan and Kat! Get a load of the snazzy trailer. It's one of the best I've ever seen.
