This site requires Javascript.
Please enable Javascript before proceeding:

Firefox

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Content tab, click to select the Enable JavaScript check box.
Click the Go back one page button to return to the previous page, and then click the Reload current page button to run scripts.

Internet Explorer

On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, then click the Security tab.
Click the Internet Zone.
If you do not have to customize your Internet security settings, click Default Level. Then do step 4.
If you have to customize your Internet security settings, follow these steps:
a. Click Custom Level.
b. In the Security Settings - Internet Zone dialog box, click Enable for Active Scripting in the Scripting section.
Click the Back button to return to the previous page, and then click the Refresh button to run scripts.

Shelf

Books

I'm reading

The Sea Thy Mistress

The Sea Thy Mistress

Elizabeth Bear

See product details

plan to read

4 comments

view all

6 shelves | 468 items on this shelf

Reviews

recent

4 people found this helpful
add comment

For readers who think fantasy means escape, The Magicians is a stern and beautiful counter-argument: fantasy is a powerful way to look at reality. It can help us feel. It can help us think. It can help us become. And it can help us silence, oppress, and even destroy. Quentin Coldwater is a cynical, lovelorn high achiever, constantly chasing the next prize, only to find it doesn’t bring him the happiness he imagined. When he is chosen to attend the magical college of Brakebills, it is ev… read review

report this

Reviewed: Eastern Standard Tribe | CORY DOCTOROW

Opens with a DIY lobotomy!

2 years ago
Reviewed: Tyrant: Funeral Games | Christian Cameron

The mighty have fallen...and their children are boring

2 years ago
Reviewed: For The Win | Cory Doctorow

Economics 101

2 years ago

62 reviews

view all

Posts

Great books on the Great War

4 years ago

Sebastian Barry was nominated for the Booker Prize for A Long Long Way. Ten years earlier, Pat Barker won the same prize for Ghost Road, the third in the Regeneration trilogy. Both books are very well written: Barry has a distinctively Irish poetry to his prose, while Barker's style is less flashy but completely evocative. The point of intersection is, of course, the Great War.

Barry's protagonist Willie Dunne is a working-class boy who joins the Royal Dublin Fusiliers because … view post

add comment
2 people found this helpful

report this

McSweeney's, old bicycles and unfamiliar fruit
5 years ago
Cowboy Bebop
5 years ago

3 posts

view all

Claire Humphrey

Indigo Employee
Most Helpful

I'm living in: Toronto
About Me:

"All of my past, all of the things that surround my life and make me who I am and who I am becoming, the eye that I desperately hope can tell good from bad, the demons of imagination that buzz around my subconscious and direct the labor—all these are what I can count on." --Steven Brust
Position:

I am the remainder buyer here at Indigo. My job is to bring you books you've always wanted at prices you can't resist.
Why I Love My Job:

I get to shop for books. What's not to love?!
Interests:

reading, boxing, hiking, climbing, vegetables, coffee, the undead, skiing, shoes, the Soviet-Afghan conflict, photography
Favourite Books:

Unusual Life of Tristan Smith, Thought Gang, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Cryptonomicon, English Passengers, Declare, Master & Commander, Possession, Use of Weapons, Count of Monte Cristo, Hell & Earth, Ink & Steel
Favourite Movies:

Fight Club, Girlfight, Children of Men, Payback, Lord of War, Edward Scissorhands, Unbreakable, Terminator II
Favourite Music:

Clutch KMFDM Kate Bush Cat Power Tori Amos The Smiths The Decemberists
Favourite Author:

Peter Carey
Favourite Quote:

The book of my enemy has been remaindered And I am pleased. --Clive James (Favourite because it's the only poem I know about remainders!)

Recent Activity

Claire Humphrey has a new friend, Kristi Reilly.
Claire Humphrey wrote a review The Fantasy of Growing Up about The Magicians by Lev Grossman.
Claire Humphrey added The Sea Thy Mistress | Elizabeth Bear to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added Burning Bright: Stories | Ron Rash to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added Shades Of Milk And Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added Everything Ravaged Everything Burned | Tower Wells to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added Works Of Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Puck Of Pook's Hill, Kim, Mandalay, Gunga Din, If--, Ulster, Indian Tales & More (Mobi Col | Rudyard Kipling to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added Blade of Tyshalle | Matthew Woodring Stover to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel | Lee Child to their shelf.
Claire Humphrey added Worth Dying For: A Reacher Novel | Lee Child to their shelf.

Search in the Community

Find people or groups in the community.

Message Centre

Notes

Nancy Vanstone says:

Claire,how are you?? I haven't written in awhile!! I went to Florida over March break. Thank you for the remainder books:Big Book of Puzzles and Paradoxes and also:The Greatest Puzzles ever Solved! i love those enigmas! Please write! Nancy Vanstone.
Shanie [Raksha] says:

Trying is all we can do - I will also ck out 'ReRead' on the Danforth. You should see my shopping list! Just ordered $100+ in bios. I am trying to meet my goal (read more NF this year) but the mysteries are just so-o-o much fun! Thanks again.
Shanie [Raksha] says:

As the "remainder" person - boy, do I ever WISH that you could find a copy of Preaching to the Corpse & send it over to Bay/Bloor! I am now fixated on that one - tried She Said Boom, haven't tried Abelard yet & there is a new one on the Danforth - ReRead...? Oh well, we all need a challenge, n'est pas?
Shanie [Raksha] says:

Well, it is definitely OoP in Canada, but not in the US - soooo I may try Amazon USA. I really, really want to read "the corpse" & don't particularly want to order it from Denmark... fingers crossed.
Dwayne Kavanagh says:

I've been there a few times. Nice place.
Dwayne Kavanagh says:

Hello Claire, thanks for adding me as your friend. I look forward to reading your reviews. Do you work at one of Toronto locations?
Shanie [Raksha] says:

I wish that all of us would get into the habit of posting our reviews on the book site. Me, included! So many books are rated, but not reviewed. Go figure. & with that, a bonne nuit.
Shanie [Raksha] says:

Claire - you should post your Perkins review under the book's title - seems that there are no reviews??? I really enjoy reading what your tho'ts are on various books. + "meeting" another eclectic reader. What would we do w/o books???
John Mutford says:

Hi Claire,
Did you notice that you won a prize for the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge? http://bookmineset.blogspot.com/2009/07/2nd-canadian-book-challenge-grand.html
I'll need your mailing address!
jbonanza says:

A Book Expo in New York sounds like a dream work trip for me!

I really enjoyed Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World too. I think I would say it's my second favourite. Sputnik Sweetheart is my favourite of his though. I know it's not his best, but I loved it. One of those books I remember feeling entranced while reading. I've been entranced reading all of Murakami's so far though.

I hope you have a lovely rest of the week!

Type friend's name:

Type a note below:

Please select a friend who you would like to send a note to.

Your friend could not be found. Please correct the name and try again.

view all view less

10 notes

Wiley Canada created a post, After Effects CS6 Digital Classroom.
Wiley Canada created a post, Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium Digital Classroom.
Kristi Reilly added Lyrics Alley | Leila Aboulela to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added The Warmth Of Other Suns: The Epic Story Of America's Great Migration | Isabel Wilkerson to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added Dogs At The Perimeter | Madeleine Thien to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added L: (and things come apart) | Ian Orti to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added One Bird's Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-Something Who Moves Back Home | Iain Reid to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added The Widower's Tale | Julia Glass to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added A Fierce Radiance: A Novel | Lauren Belfer to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added The Invisible Bridge | Julie Orringer to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added Endless Love: A Novel | Scott Spencer to their shelf.
Kristi Reilly added Salvage The Bones | Jesmyn Ward to their shelf.
Lorina Stephens/Five Rivers added Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8) | Terry Pratchett to their shelf.
Lorina Stephens/Five Rivers wrote a review A writer without peer about The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie.
Lucy (Moonlight Gleam) wrote a review Moonlight Gleam's Bookshelf (REVIEW): One for the Murphys about One for the Murphys by Lynda Hunt.
Kristi Reilly added Escape From Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea To Freedom In The West | Blaine Harden to their shelf.
Pam Estabrook added The Town That Drowned | Riel Nason to their shelf.
Wiley Canada created a post, Photoshop CS6 Digital Classroom 9781118123898.
Wiley Canada created a post, Flash CS6 Digital Classroom.
Wiley Canada created a post, Dreamweaver CS6 Digital Classroom 9781118124093.

20 activity notifications

Recommendations

I recommend

No recommendations have been made.

Top Ten Lists

Year's Best Bargains for Kids

3 years ago
1 comment
Year's Best Blockbuster Bargains

3 years ago
Eclectic list of love stories

4 years ago
New Year's Resolutions

4 years ago
Fascinating Medical Reading

4 years ago

13 top ten lists

view all

Groups

What Makes a Store a Favourite?

We want customers to think of our stores as 'their personal book store' - where they feel welcomed, connected and inspired. This is a forum to share stories about what makes a store a "favourite" and to identify ways we can do more.

168 members
Word Puzzles

Word puzzles of all sorts:acrostics,cryptograms, crosswords cryptics

12 members
Vegan Cookbooks & the Like

A place to discuss vegan/strict vegetarian nutrition and recipes, and relevant books.

45 members
Patrick O'Brian

For everything O'Brian, but mostly Aubrey and Maturin. Now...back to my toasted cheese.

6 members
Short Fiction Collection

Here is an opportunity to discuss collections of short fiction (short stories) that we love to read. We can either discuss one story that was memorable, or an entire collection that we might want to share with other people.

32 members

39 groups

view all

Find Friends, Favourites & Groups

You can search by first name and last name, pen name, email address or group name.

Your Search Results:

[IMAGE]

selected

[NAME]

[INFO] [MESSAGE]

Your Selection:

As Canada’s purveyor of ideas and inspiration, Indigo is the largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer in Canada. Indigo operates in all provinces under different banners including Indigo Books & Music; Indigo Books, Gifts, Kids; IndigoSpirit; Chapters; The World's Biggest Bookstore; and Coles. The online channel, www.indigo.ca, features books, eBooks, toys and gifts and hosts the award winning Indigo Online Community.

101

Books

recent

The Magicians | Lev Grossman

Reviewed: Eastern Standard Tribe | CORY DOCTOROW

Reviewed: Tyrant: Funeral Games | Christian Cameron

Reviewed: For The Win | Cory Doctorow

Claire Humphrey

About Me:

Position:

Why I Love My Job:

Interests:

Favourite Books:

Favourite Movies:

Favourite Music:

Favourite Author:

Favourite Quote:

Recent Activity

Search in the Community

Message Centre

Find Friends, Favourites & Groups

Your Search Results:

[NAME]

Your Selection:

Loading...

WHY KOBO?

SHOPPING ON KOBO