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Top 10 Songs of 2024
The other day I shared my top 10 albums from 2024. Today I want to look at my favourite individual songs released this year. Favourite Songs 10. “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” by Gracie Abrams The emergence of Gracie Abrams as a force in the world of pop-oriented singer-songwriters has been a great story this…
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Top 10 Albums of 2024
[Copied from my main blog: https://matthewroot.ca/2024/12/18/top-10-albums-of-2024/) It’s become a tradition here on the blog for me to share my favourite reads of each year on New Year’s Day. And I’m definitely planning on doing that again this year. But 2024 has also been a remarkable year — possibly one of the most astounding on record…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, June 24, 2023
Spotlight: The Endless Vessel || Weekly Roundup: Mrs Caliban, The Swifts, The Postcard, Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style, Rayne and Deliliah’s Midnite Matinee, One Italian Summer
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, April 8, 2023
Spotlight: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi || Weekly Roundup: Thirst, Maame, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Flappers and Philosophers, Ethel and Ernest, The BFG, Frankenstein
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, April 1, 2023
Spotlight: The Wars || Weekly Roundup: Leaven of Malice, Frindle, Honey and Spice, VenCo, The Royal Ranger, The Divine Comedy, Icebreaker
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Reads for the Head & Heart, February and March 2023
Spotlight: An Immense World || Two-Month Roundup: Digital Minimalism, Raccoon, Slow, How to Be an Artist, Minimal, Being Disciples, A Way Other than our Own, Knowing Jesus, Ego and Archetype
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Some Lesser-Known (but still great) Reads for Black History Month
February is Black History Month. And while there are so many classics written by Black authors (Hello, Beloved, The Color Purple, Purple Hibiscus, and so many more!), I thought I’d share some titles that I love that aren’t quite as well-known, from both Africa and the Black Diaspora, Don’t Cry for Me, Daniel Black (2022):…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, January 28, 2023
Spotlight: The New Life || Weekly Roundup: Thank You for Listening; Foster; Mrs. Dalloway; Luisa, Now and Then; Small Town, Big Magic; Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH;The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; City of Glass
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, January 21, 2023
Spotlight: Begin Again || Weekly Recap: Spells for Forgetting, The Swimmers, The Enigma of Room 622, Waves, Eight Nights of Flirting, The Westing Game, Forbidden City
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Matt’s Weekly Reads: January 14, 2023
Spotlight: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow || Weekly Roundup: Now Is Not the Time to Panic, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband,;The Undertaking of Heart and Mercy; Fresh Water for Flowers; When Stars Are Scattered; Kaikeyi; Charlotte’s Web; Ramona the Pest
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