God In My Everything - Ken Shigematsu (Zondervan, 2013) A friend recommended this book to Peter last fall when he was finding it difficult to balance prayer and devotion during his busy workday. I picked it up as a COVID read when I was struggling to find a rhythm in a world where time felt… Continue reading Book Review: God In My Everything by Ken Shigematsu
Our library re-opened! I feel like I've been a little absent from around here this week. Although I've been reading as normal (I finished Hamnet & Judith and am now reading The Nickel Boys) I haven't had enough brain space to write a review or check-in on other blogs. The big change this past week… Continue reading Library Check-Outs and Other Things
Family in Six Tones - Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao (Viking, 2020 I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book thanks to the publisher and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. This book will be on sale September 15, 2020. In 1975, thirteen-year-old Lan Cao arrived in America on her own, her… Continue reading Book Review: Family in Six Tones by Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao
Molly of the Mall - Heidi L.M. Jacobs (NeWest Press, 2020) Molly MacGregor is in her early twenties, a student of literature at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. The year is 1995 and Molly has taken a full-time summer job at Le Petit Chou Shoe Shop in "the mall". We follow Molly through her… Continue reading Book Review: Molly of the Mall by Heidi L.M. Jacobs
Summer is my favourite season. So I'll cling to it as long as I can (which means as long as the sunshine lasts) but in our household we are shifting into our fall schedule. Peter will be back to work fulltime next week and - the very biggest change - Pearl begins kindergarten soon. (Yes,… Continue reading Summer 2020
Read: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor - Eve Chase (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) Between Inca Walls - Evelyn Kohl LaTorre (She Writes Press, 2020) Radicalized - Cory Doctorow (Tor, 2019) True Story - Kate Reed Petty (Viking, 2020) Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Anansi, 2020) Molly of the Mall -… Continue reading What I Read – August 2020
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Anansi, 2020 I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. It is on sale September 1, 2020 I finished this book a couple of weeks ago and have been sitting on it since then, attempting to formulate my thoughts… Continue reading Book Review: Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
True Story - Kate Reed Petty (Viking, 2020) I received an Advance Uncorrected Proof of this book. All opinions are my own. This book is stunning. It’s a thriller, a horror story, an indictment on rape culture. It explores women’s stories and how they’re told, how they’re received. It looks at domestic violence, alcoholism, relationships.… Continue reading Book Review: True Story by Kate Reed Petty
Camping on Keats Island is a family tradition for us. It's the first place we ever camped with Pearl and we've been there with the girls every year since Rose was born. (That makes this our third year in a row.) Before there was ever a Rose and Pearl, Peter and I camped here together… Continue reading Keats Island 2020
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor - Eve Chase (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) I received an Uncorrected Proof of this book. All opinions are my own. Rita was hired as a nanny for the wealthy Harrington family, to care for angsty, adolescent Hera, rambunctious young Teddy, and the new baby due soon. It was her dream… Continue reading Book Review: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase
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