The Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury, 2006) with illustrations by Charles Vess I've had two vastly different experiences with Susanna Clarke's work. Reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell essentially put me off ever joining a book club but Piranesi is one of my favourite books. So I wasn't sure where I would… Continue reading Book Review: The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke
I received an advance readers copy of this book via the publisher and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Available for sale now. I don't know if this is a book I would have picked off the shelf on my own but when the publisher reached out to me the premise sounded interesting enough that… Continue reading Book Review: Houses of Detention by Jean Ende
Babe: The Gallant Pig - Dick King-Smith (Yearling, 1997) In these posts I hope to share a little about what I am reading with my two children. Not exactly a review but a look at a book we’ve read together and how it worked for us. For context, my daughters are currently 7- and 10-years… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
She's a Lamb! - Meredith Hambrock (Dreamscape Media, 2025) I received an advance copy of this audiobook via NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Jessamyn St. German is going to be a star. She knows it and soon everyone else will too. When we meet Jessamyn she's an usher at the Franklin, a regional theatre… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: She’s a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
Peacocks of Instagram - Deepa Rajagopalan (Astoria, 2024) I've been reading a fair number of short stories so far in 2025 and so, I'll be honest, within a few days of finishing this collection, it began to blur in my memory with the others. Which isn't to say that I didn't enjoy it. I did,… Continue reading Book Review: Peacocks of Instagram by Deep Rajagopalan
Show Don't Tell - Curtis Sittenfeld (Penguin Random House, 2025) Until a trusted book friend recommended Romantic Comedy to me, I had not given Curtis Sittenfeld's work much thought. I had, I'll admit, judged it by its covers which looked to me both juvenile and fluffy. I took my friend's advice though and read (or… Continue reading Book Review: Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sankofa - Chibundu Onuzo (Tantor Media, 2021) Anna is at a crossroads in her life. She has separated from her husband and is pondering divorce. Her mother has recently died. Anna worries about her daughter but Rose is grown and mostly independent. When going through her mother's things, Anna finds a diary that belonged to… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
Follow Me to Ground - Sue Rainsford (Scribner, 2018) I do enjoy a novel that involves an entirely unfamiliar premise. Something set in our world but with a premise that could exist here. There's something very bold about the way that Sue Rainsford structures her story so that the reader is never quite sure where… Continue reading Book Review: Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
All the Other Mothers Hate Me - Sarah Harman (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2025) Florence loves her 10-year-old son, Dylan, but she certainly isn't the typical mom in the pick-up line at his posh all-boys school in London. First of all she's American (sometimes abrasively so). She's much younger than most of the other moms, having… Continue reading Book Review: All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
Read: Show Don't Tell - Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, 2025) Sankofa - Chibundu Onuzo (Tantor Media, 2021) Babe - Dick King-Smith (Yearling, 1997) Valentine in Montreal - Heather O'Neill (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2025) Shes a Lamb! - Meredith Hambrock (Dreamscape Media, 2025) Beowulf - translated by Seamus Heaney (WW Norton & Company, 2000) Audition… Continue reading What I Read: April 2025
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