Schatje's Shelves: Doreen's Choices for a Deserted Island

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Doreen's Choices for a Deserted Island

Please read an article I wrote for my hometown newspaper about my cultural choices for a stay on a deserted island: https://madvalleycurrent.com/2018/08/01/castaway-culture-on-my-deserted-island-doreen-yakabuski/

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WELCOME to Schatje's Shelves

For 30 years, I was a high school English teacher/teacher-librarian. Now that I'm retired, I have so much more time to read (and to enjoy the library my husband made for me).

Schatje’s Shelves is my reading blog devoted primarily to reviews of the books I acquire for my library - a library which has 8,525+ books (print, ebooks, audiobooks) and keeps growing. My focus is contemporary literary fiction (especially Canadian fiction) and mysteries.

I’ve been a book reviewer for a number of years and have posted hundreds of reviews on both Goodreads and LibraryThing. At the urging of a number of friends, I decided to start a blog.

Here I will post reviews of books I have just finished reading and news items and articles of interest. All discussions will be related to books and reading. There will be no advertising since I'm not interested in making money, just sharing.

I hope you enjoy my postings and reviews and share my blog with friends. Many thanks to the 68 authors (Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Layla AlAmmar, Louis Bayard, Louise Beech, Anthony Bidulka, Chris Bohjalian, Geraldine Brooks, West Camel, Terry Cassidy, Dan Chaon, Paul Cleave, Bill Clegg, Jackie Copleton, Michael Crummey, Abigail Dean, Caitlin Dunseith, Omar El Akkad, Marina Endicott, David Foenkinos, Essie Fox, Bobbi French, Gayleen Froese, Claire Fuller, Karl Geary, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Johana Gustawsson, Sally Wiener Grotta, Araminta Hall, Jennifer Haupt, Christine Higdon, Thóra Hjōrleifsdóttir, Wayne Johnston, Doug Johnstone, Katrín Júlíusdóttir, Ellen Keith, Awais Khan, Ann-Helén Laestadius, Peter Manseau, Alex Morrall, Grainne Murphy, Shawn Nocher, Liz Nugent, Heather O'Neill, Jo Owens, Kathy Page, Sally Piper, Nita Prose, Tom Rachman, Tanis Rideout, Jaap Robben, Kathleen Rooney, Anakana Schofield, Philipp Schott, Lisa See, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Eve Smith, Rebecca Smith, Douglas Stuart, Sarah Sultoon, Vanda Symon, Paul Toffanello, Amor Towles, Ronnie Turner, Elizabeth de Veer, Michael Whatling, Iona Whishaw, Kathleen Winter, David Young) who have tweeted appreciation, contacted me, and/or shared my reviews of their books.

Happy Reading!

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

― Jane Austen

Schatje's Current Reading

The Maiden of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa

The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

Long Island by Colm Tóibín

The Blue Maiden by Anna Noyes

The Red Grove by Tessa Fontaine

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Toxic by Helga Flatland

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

From Sweetgrass Bridge by Anthony Bidulka

Forgotten on Sunday by Valérie Perrin

The Celestial Wife by Leslie Howard

That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk

The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Boys Who Hurt by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

Bear by Julia Phillips

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

One Grand Summer by Ewald Arenz

Becoming Marlow Fin by Ellen Won Steil

All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Interpretations of Love by Jane Campbell

The Thing About My Uncle by Peter J. Stavros

The Trials of Lila Dalton by L. J. Shepherd

The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Schatje's Shelves

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Doreen's Choices for a Deserted Island

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