Just Love
I’ve put so many restrictions on love: how and why I should love, how and why I should BE loved. Whatever happened to just loving for the sake of it? Nothing in return, just giving love to others despite what my past notions may have been on giving and receiving love. Until I free myself...
Relationships – 5 Things To Do This Year
Rewind a few weeks and I get an email from a publisher asking me to review a book called “Get Married This Year: 365 Days to I Do” by Janet Blair Page, PhD. The first thing I did was laugh because I am single and the thought of a book getting you hitched in a...
Black History Month Book Recommendations
February is as good as any month to pick up a book and read. The list could go on and on, but I had to limit it to my top 6 during Black History Month. There are various ways to celebrate Black History Month but one way to keep the celebrations going past the month...
#IndigoFaves
I had the pleasure of attending Chapters Indigo’s Spring & Summer 2012 Preview. I know you’re asking, “why is the fitness editor attending a book & home accessories launch?” Well if you didn’t know I’m a bookworm through and through. I’ve always got my nose stuck in a book during my subway commute and...
Books On Film
What makes a great city? Is it the people? The buildings? The vitality? Maybe it’s the a combination of all three. In our opinion at BHD, the city of Toronto fits the bill. There are always interesting events to keep us immersed in the city’s culture. Recently, Toronto’s Tiff Bell Lightbox has been responsible for...
Indigo Holiday 2011
We attended the Indigo Holiday 2011 preview this year. And wow, were we impressed. Not only were there holiday treats like brittles and candy cane bark and marshmallows floating around, but Chef Mark McEwan was in the kitchen preparing some of his latest recipes from his newest cookbook: Fabbrica. Gifts ranged from him to her...
Can romance novels and romantic getaways co-exist?
There’s something blissfully sinful about peeling back the pages of a romance novel day or night, and immersing yourself in a well deserved guilty pleasure. But when does this harmless reading material begin to seep into your sex life? One would imagine the lustrous words and more than detailed play by play, would coincide nicely...
The Origins of my Addiction
I’m addicted to books and it’s my mother’s fault. When I was a kid she was always reading to me. And I mean, ALWAYS. Bedtime meant a story or two. If I was sick my book collection would come out and I could look at the pictures or Mom would read to me. My earliest...
The accomodating point – Paulo Coelho
When I was reading The Zahir one of the most interesting parts of the book, is when Paulo Coelho describes the accomodating point. Reading this made me understand things in my life differently and look at things from a different point of view. Here is his explanation below from his blog on – The accomodating...
Inspiration: Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy
Opening page of The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
