I received an Advance Listening Copy of this book thanks to the publisher and Libro.fm. All opinions are my own. Guaranteed that if this book had been longer than 5 hours listening time, I would not have finished it. I haven't read Rachel Cusk before so I have no idea if Life of M is… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Life of M by Rachel Cusk
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Book Review: The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
The Pirate Queen - Ariel Lawhon (Doubleday, 2026) I read The Pirate Queen back-to-back with Isola and so couldn't help noticing the overlapping similarities between the two. Women in the 16th century, both in dangerous, unexpected situations, both succeeding where a woman would not have been expected to. Both based on real historical figures. But… Continue reading Book Review: The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
Book Review: Shooting Up by Jonathan Tepper
Shooting Up - Jonathan Tepper (Constable, 2026) In the 1980s, the Tepper family moved from the United States to Madrid as Christian missionaries. Husband and wife and their four young sons. There they began working with addicts and started a rehab for heroin addicts, many of whom were HIV+ at the height of the AIDS… Continue reading Book Review: Shooting Up by Jonathan Tepper
2026 Highlights: June
As any parent of school-aged children knows, June is busy. So I won't bore you with the details. We had a solid couple of weeks in there where we had a lot going on but don't have much in the way of photos to show you. I worked several extra days to cover a colleague's… Continue reading 2026 Highlights: June
(Audio) Book Review: The Hill by Harriet Clark
The Hill - Harriet Clark (MacMillan Audio, 2026) I received an Advance Listening Copy of this book thanks to the publisher and to Libro.fm I spent the first part of this book trying to figure out if I was situated in the real world. And then I relaxed and decided it didn't really matter and… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Hill by Harriet Clark
Life: Stuff That’s Happened
This is really just a post to throw a bunch of photos and anecdotes out there. Here’s some stuff that’s happened in the last few weeks: The girls turned our living room into a blanket fort. Saw a mom friend share on Instagram that her daughters had turned their living room into a blanket fort… Continue reading Life: Stuff That’s Happened
What I Read: October 2024
Read: Good Material - Dolly Alderton (Doubleday Canada, 2024) The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk (translated from the polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Riverhead Books, 2024) Intermezzo - Sally Rooney (Alfred A. Knopf, 2024) The Office of Historical Corrections - Danielle Evans (Penguin Audio, 2020) The Stolen Bicycle - Wu Ming-Yi (translated from the Mandarin by Darryl… Continue reading What I Read: October 2024
The Goliath Challenge (and Other 2024 Reading Goals)
For the past few years I've set goals as to how many books I hope to read in a year. They've been good goals and they've helped me read more but I feel the need to shake things up in 2024. I've been feeling the pull to read some more of the real tomes that… Continue reading The Goliath Challenge (and Other 2024 Reading Goals)
What I Read – October 2023
Read: The Cocktail Party - T.S. Eliot (Faber & Faber, 1954) Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein - Anne Eekhout (HarperVia, 2023) The Last - Hanna Jameson (Atria Books, 2019) Early Morning Riser - Katherine Heiny (Random House Audio, 2021) Away from the Dead - Dave Bergen (Goose Lane Editions, 2023) Land of Milk and… Continue reading What I Read – October 2023
(Audio) Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
The good neighbourhood (I'm sorry, I will spell the title the way the book spells it but otherwise I'm going to spell it right!) of this novel is Oak Knolls, a quiet, middle class suburban area of North Carolina where the neighbours know each other and many have lived side by side for years. Valerie… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
