I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Erin has never been able to disentangle herself from her complicated relationship with Silas. Alternating between friends and lovers, even when she tries to draw a hard line boundary with him, nothing seems to stick. He is the leader of their… Continue reading Book Review: Ghost Eaters: Clay McLeod Chapman
Month: October 2022
(Audio) Book Review: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
A family is brought together to celebrate a wedding. Rafiq and Layla are celebrating the wedding of their firstborn, their daughter Hadia, who is marrying for love unlike their own arranged marriage. Rafiq and Layla met only a few times before their marriage, when Layla left her home and moved to the United States to… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Book Review: Buck’s Pantry by Khristin Wierman
I received an Advance Readers e-copy of this book thanks to the publisher and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Three women's paths cross one night at a convenience store in small-town Texas. Lianna is a New York businesswoman in town for an important meeting, who already hates the whole state even before she is… Continue reading Book Review: Buck’s Pantry by Khristin Wierman
Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This is the second book by Silvia Moreno-Garcia that I've read (the first was Mexican Gothic) and so I feel comfortable saying that she has a knack for taking a familiar style of tale and adding her own flavour to it. In particular, a knack for telling a story from a Mexican perspective as both… Continue reading Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2022 Highlights: October (so far)
I am not nostalgic for 2020 but sometimes I do miss the fact that none of our family got so much as a cold for months on end. Even with a child who started kindergarten that autumn. We have not been so fortunate this time around. (Huh. Looks like wearing masks and washing your hands… Continue reading 2022 Highlights: October (so far)
Book Review: Chivalry by Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Chivalry - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran (Dark Horse Books, 2022) What if the Holy Grail ended up in thrift shop in a quiet town in England? What if a little old lady who frequented the shop found it and, liking it, brought it home? What if she liked the way it looked on the… Continue reading Book Review: Chivalry by Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Book Review: Pastoral by Nevil Shute
Pastoral - Nevil Shute (William Morrow, 1945) I've read two Nevil Shute books now - A Town Like Alice and On the Beach - and enjoyed them both a lot. I appreciated the way Shute balances the reality and tragedy of war and death while focusing on individual characters and creating ones who feel like… Continue reading Book Review: Pastoral by Nevil Shute
Book Review: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Red Clocks - Leni Zumas (Little, Brown, and Co, 2018) Red Clocks is a book about women. The story loops through the lives of 5 women, 4 of whom live in the same Oregon fishing town and find themselves more connected than they might have initially thought. The 5th woman is a long-dead polar explorer,… Continue reading Book Review: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Book Review: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor
Hotel Magnifique - Emily J. Taylor (Razorbill, 2022) I am the aunt who gives my nieces and nephews books as gifts. I decided several years ago that books would be my go-to gifts for birthdays and ever since I've enjoyed finding and sharing books with my two nieces and three nephews. They are a variety… Continue reading Book Review: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor
What I Read – September 2022
Read: The Breadwinner - Deborah Ellis (Groundwood Books, 2009) Witches - Brenda Lozano (Catapult, 2022) (translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary) Pastoral - Nevil Shute (William Morrow, 1945) City of Thieves - David Benioff (Penguin Books, 2016) This House is Not a Home - Katłįà (Roseway Publishing, 2022) Red Clocks - Leni Zumas (Little,… Continue reading What I Read – September 2022
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