Wed Wabbit - Lissa Evans (Scholastic, 2018) (pictured with Justin Beaver) Fidge is ten and a half years old and since her father's sudden death years earlier, she is the responsible one in her family. Her younger sister, Minnie, is only four and her favourite toy is her crimson stuffed bunny - so-called Wed Wabbit… Continue reading Book Review: Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
The Last Exiles - Ann Shin (Park Row Books, 2021) I've read a few books - novels and one memoir - set in and around North Korea but this is probably the one that offers the most detail of life in North Korea. While there's likely no way to know how accurate some of these… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Exiles by Ann Shin
In a different world, we might have spent Spring Break in California. We'd gone so far as getting our girls passports in order and looking at flights to Los Angeles. But between wildfires and politics, we decided to stay closer to home this year and so we took 2 mini vacations in familiar spots. Spring… Continue reading 2025 Highlights: Spring Break
Hard Copy - Fien Veldman (Head of Zeus, 2024) (translated by Hester Velmans) This is such a weird book. Which isn't to say I didn't like it. I just don't know quite what to say about it. The basic premise is that a young woman, the unnamed narrator, falls in love with a printer. She… Continue reading Book Review: Hard Copy by Fien Veldman
To Have and Have More - Sanibel (8th Note Press, 2025) I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Publication date: April 15, 2025 Emery Hooper is beginning her first year at the elite Derrymore Academy. It's a boarding school for the… Continue reading Book Review: To Have and Have More by Sanibel
Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf Canada, 2025) Read: Wed Wabbit - Lissa Evans (Scholastic, 2018) Familial Hungers - Christine Wu (Brick Books, 2025) Lady Macbeth - Ava Reid (Books on Tape, 2024) (narrated by Imani Jade Powers) The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press, 2024) I Hope This Finds You Well -… Continue reading What I Read: March 2025
Dearly Beloved follows, from childhood into late life, two Presbyterian ministers and the women they marry. This might not sound dramatically interesting and it certainly isn't a book filled with twists and turns. Instead it's a study of character. We have two men, Charles and James, who each come to ministry at a fairly young… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
I should probably start this off by confessing that I've never read Shakespeare's Macbeth, nor have I ever seen a production of it. So there may well be references in Ava Reid's re-telling that I missed. That said, I'm familiar with the plot points and the characters and I read the Wikipedia article once I… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
Anne of the Island - L.M. Montgomery (Apple Classics, 1992) 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… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press, 2024) When I posted on Instagram that I was currently reading The Anxious Generation, I very quickly received several DMs from friends that they were curious about the book, that they wanted to read it too, or that they wanted to know what I thought when I… Continue reading Book Review: The Anxious Generation
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