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Monday, May 6, 2013 10:25:26 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled The Rights of the Reader:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #25: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Rights of the Reader via Steph VanderMeulen of Bella’s Bookshelves"
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:37:39 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled “Touch Me”:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #24: My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak In honour of National Poetry Month, I present “Touch Me” from Collected Poems by Stanley Kunitz. Summer is late, my heart. Words plucked out of the air some..." more
Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:11:33 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled “Dreams”:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #23: The House Girl by Tara Conklin In honour of National Poetry Month, I present “Dreams” from The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes. Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a..." more
Friday, April 19, 2013 10:24:59 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled “The Moment”:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #22: We Live in Water by Jess Walter In honour of National Poetry Month and Earth Day, on Monday, April 22, I present “The Moment” from Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood. The moment when,..." more
Monday, April 8, 2013 10:54:38 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled “The Story of Old Women”:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #20: Killdeer by Phil Hall In honour of National Poetry Month, I present “The Story of Old Women” from Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Różewicz, translated by Joanna Trzeciak. I like old..." more
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:43:22 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled “Hope is the thing with feathers”:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #19: Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility by Théodora Armstrong In honour of National Poetry Month, I present “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson. Hope is the thing with feathers That..." more
Monday, March 4, 2013 10:14:18 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: The End of Your Life Book Club:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #13: Dear Life by Alice Munro That’s one of the amazing things great books like this do—they just don’t get you to see the world differently, they get you to look at people, the people around you,..." more
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:52:04 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled The Book Crisis I Never Saw Coming:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #6: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe A new year, another chance to take the 50 Book Pledge. And why wouldn’t I? I had a blast last year. I read fifty-seven books. Fifty-seven! I still can’t..." more
Thursday, January 3, 2013 11:35:30 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled We Must Find Our Selves in Fiction:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #1: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan Courtesy of The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 2 by hitRECord."
Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:09:21 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: Winter:
Inderjit said, "I present a passage from House of Anansi‘s Winter: Five Windows on the Season by Adam Gopnik. For the final truth about snowflakes is that they become more individual as they fall; that, buffeted by wind and time, they are translated, as if..." more
Thursday, December 6, 2012 12:27:03 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled My Bookshelf: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #56: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson For your reading pleasure, I present Random House‘s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. Charming...." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:07:07 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: The Time Keeper:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #56: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson I present a passage from Hyperion‘s The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And,..." more
Thursday, November 8, 2012 10:28:35 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Your Philanthropic Story:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #54: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Well, believe it or not, it’s that time of year again. When charities and not-for-profits share their story in the hopes that you will add a chapter to..." more
Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:46:35 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled “so you want to be a writer?”:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #53: The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if..." more
Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:24:21 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled For the Love of Poetry:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #51: Sutton by J.R. Moehringer Some people get poetry and some never will. Those around me fall into the latter category. In fact, poetry goes right over their heads. Family and friends alike have asked me on more than..." more
Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:24:21 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: Sutton:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #52: The Age of Hope by David Bergen I present a passage from Hyperion‘s Sutton by J.R. Moehringer. And he didn’t always care if his stories were true. Is that bad? Not necessarily. Truth has its place. In a..." more
Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:46:39 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Turning the Final Page on My 50 Book Pledge:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #51: Sutton by J.R. Moehringer I’m ecstatic to report that as of Monday, October 8, 2012, I turned the final page on my 50 Book Pledge. For those doing the math, that’s nine months, seven days, eleven hours..." more
Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:26:18 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Why I Read:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #50: The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón On Friday, September 7, 2012, Graeme Paton of The Telegraph published an article called “Children ‘too embarrassed’ to pick up books, study..." more
Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:08:05 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: Luka and the Fire of Life:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #49: The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo I present a passage from Random House of Canada‘s Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie. We do not know the answers to the great questions of who we..." more
Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:34:37 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Reader That I Am:
Inderjit said, " 50 Book Pledge | Book #47: The Road by Cormac McCarthy I have always been a reader and I can tell you with complete certainty that I always will be. However, unlike many others, the reader that I am today wasn’t born out of reading a..." more
Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:23:32 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled The “Obvious State” of Literature:
Inderjit said, " 50 Book Pledge | Book #45: Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel What can I say about Obvious State aside from the fact that I absolutely adore it? Well, that you’ll adore it, too. Evan Robertson, the mastermind behind the..." more
Friday, August 31, 2012 12:53:23 PM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: The Alchemist:
Inderjit said, " 50 Book Pledge | Book #44: Methodist Hatchet by Ken Babstock I present a passage from HarperCollins Canada‘s The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation. "
Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:47:34 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Big Think with Margaret Atwood:
Inderjit said, " 50 Book Pledge | Book #42: Canada by Richard Ford Question: How do you begin working on a new book? Margaret Atwood: Okay, where does a book come from? People have been thinking about that for a long time. How do you begin? How do you get..." more
Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:15:25 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled The Writer’s Life: Insecurity:
Inderjit said, " 50 Book Pledge | Book #41: Canada by Richard Ford Every writer, without exception, is forced to confront their own insecurity. An internal fear that takes the form of a single debilitating statement: I’m not good enough. Like poison,..." more
Monday, May 27, 2013 10:01:14 AM
Inderjit Deogun wrote a blog post titled Web of Words: The Restoration Artist:
Inderjit said, "50 Book Pledge | Book #28: Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson I present a passage from HarperCollins Canada‘s The Restoration Artist by Lewis DeSoto. A realization hit me. Someone had made this. Someone took a brush and dipped it..." more