Read: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette - Jeanne Birdsall (Books on Tape, 2011) (narrated by Susan Denaker) The Tiger and the Cosmonaut - Eddy Boudel Tan (Viking, 2025) The End of the Alphabet - C.S. Richardson (Doubleday Canada, 2007) North of Normal - Cea Sunrise Person (Harper Perennial, 2014) Where Angels Fear to Tread -… Continue reading What I Read: August 2025
Tag: 20 Books of Summer
Book Review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
The Weekend - Charlotte Wood (Riverhead Books, 2019) Jude, Wendy, Adele, and Sylvie are women in their 70s who have been friends for decades. Four very different women bound by the years and times they have shared together. Now, though, Sylvie has recently died and Judy, Wendy, and Adele are gathering for one final weekend… Continue reading Book Review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
What I Read: July 2025
Read: The Sea - John Banville (Vintage International, 2005) The Weekend - Charlotte Wood (Riverhead Books, 2019) The Riches of Your Grace - Julie Lane-Gay (InterVarsity Press, 2024) Universality - Natasha Brown (Knopf Canada, 2025) (narrated by Norma Butikofer, Anushka Chakravarti, Clare Corbett, Daniel Weyman) Why I Write - George Orwell (Penguin Books, 2005) Anne… Continue reading What I Read: July 2025
(Audio) Book Review: Universality by Natasha Brown
I received an audio version of this book thanks to Libro.fm and the publisher. All opinions are my own. Universality is the sort of book that just as I felt the story was getting somewhere or I was understanding the characters, it moved to a new section or, finally, just ended. There's a story here… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Universality by Natasha Brown
What I Read: August 2024
Read: The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo (Henry Holt & Company, 2024) A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf (Penguin Modern Classics, 1975) In the Woods - Tana French (Penguin Books, 2017) The Likeness - Tana French ( Penguin Books, 2017) The Coast Road - Alan Murrin (Harper Via, 2024) Lifelines - Heidi Diehl… Continue reading What I Read: August 2024
Book Review: The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill (20 Books of Summer)
The Capital of Dreams - Heather O'Neill (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2024) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Publication Date: 9 October 2024 I've read all of Heather O'Neill's fiction (see some reviews here) over the years, starting with the debut novel that launched her into CanLit… Continue reading Book Review: The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill (20 Books of Summer)
Book Review: The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (20 Books of Summer)
This book is really long. I've read both The Goldfinch and The Secret History by Donna Tartt before and enjoyed them both and neither are particularly short books. But The Little Friend felt long. I started it on audio and had to renew it once and then switched to a hard copy because I figured… Continue reading Book Review: The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (20 Books of Summer)
Book Review: God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis (20 Books of Summer)
God in the Dock - C.S. Lewis (Collins, 1979) I've read a lot of C.S. Lewis. He's one of my favourite writers and an author whose writings on theology I always find helpful. Lewis tends to be clear, concise, and powerful. God in the Dock is a collection of short essays, mostly published in the… Continue reading Book Review: God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis (20 Books of Summer)
What I Read: June 2024
Read: Our Crumbling Foundation - Gregor Craigie (Random House Canada, 2024) The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton (Tantor Media, 2018) Brotherless Night - V.V. Ganeshananthan (Random House, 2023) Clear - Carys Davies (Scribner, 2024) Introduction to First Nations Ministry - Cheryl Bear-Barnetson (Cherohala Press, 2013) Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell (William… Continue reading What I Read: June 2024
20 Books of Summer 2024
This will be my second year participating in Cathy's annual book reading challenge. I like it because of how incredibly relaxed it is. Choose 20 books that you want to read in June, July, and August and then read them and report. You can choose fewer than 20 too and at the end nobody judges… Continue reading 20 Books of Summer 2024
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