Your Canada Reads! update: Wednesday, they voted Margaret Laurence’s Stone Angel (which I read when I was sixteen and didn’t enjoy; it disturbed me, although I have enjoyed other Margaret Laurence works) off the list in Wednesday. Yesterday, they voted off Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance (which I have not read, and intend to very soon). What they end up with for the first ever national book club will be very, very interesting…

Ceri reports that Coca-Cola will be releasing a new flavour in May. You guessed it: Vanilla Coke! Woo-hoo! It’s coming out mid-May in the USA, and up here in the True North Strong And Free sometime later. I foresee a strike force crossing the border to grab some, because heck, I certainly don’t want to wait…

My only problem is, whatever will I do with that bottle of vanilla schnaaps in the cupboard?