Nobody Asked for This - Georgia Toews (Anchor Canada, 2026) I might not have picked this book up if it weren't for the fact that Georgia Toews will be one of the featured authors at my local Writers Festival this summer. I'm glad I did though because I found this novel to be a fresh… Continue reading Book Review: Nobody Asked for This by Georgia Toews
I can't think of any book that I've read before that felt so compelling and so long at the same time. This one took me a while to get through and it wasn't all easy but I desperately wanted to find out what would happen. Our protagonist is a soldier who has lost his memory.… Continue reading Book Review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje
A Little Feral - Maria Giesbrecht (Write Bloody Publishing, 2026) I received an advance copy of this book thanks to the publisher. All opinions are my own. Book is on sale now. I love when I get an offer of an ARC that is exactly up my alley. I'm always interested in the dissection of… Continue reading Book Review: A Little Feral by Maria Giesbrecht
Son of Nobody - Yann Martel (Alfred A. Knopf, 2026) I recall reading an interview with Yann Martel several years ago (which I can't find online now) where he expressed that he didn't care if anybody read his books. At the time, I remember feeling annoyed. What privilege to have books published and not care… Continue reading Book Review: Son of Nobody by Yann Martel
The Art of Looking Back - Theresa Kishkan (Thornapple Press, 2026) It's hard to know how to classify a book like this. A retrospective, part memoir, something of poetry, a statement on what it is to be a woman and look back at your life. It's a work that could really only come from an… Continue reading Book Review: The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan
Hunger & Thirst - Claire Fuller ( I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book thanks to the publisher and NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Publication date: June 2, 2026 I've read several of Claire Fuller's previous books (see some of my reviews here) and obviously keep reading her because I enjoy her… Continue reading Book Review: Hunger & Thirst by Claire Fuller
The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street - Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (Douglas & MacIntyre, 2026) The term "astronaut family" was coined in 1999 and I suppose that's around the time when I would have heard it first also. But by then it was already a concept I was familiar with. This was a term used to… Continue reading Book Review: The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho
The Cursed Friend - Beatrice Salvioni (HarperVia, 2024) This ARC had been languishing in a pile for a couple of years now (the book came out in May 2024). It had sounded interesting enough for me to grab a copy in the first place but somehow it never came to the top of my pile… Continue reading Book Review: The Cursed Friend by Beatrice Salvioni
I'll be honest, what initially caught my eye about this book was that the author has the same name as me, spelled the same and everything! I have enough books to read though that this alone isn't enough to make me pick up a book. I was drawn in by the setting - from Shanghai… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Katabasis - R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager, 2025) Alice Law is a focused, hard-working, and super intelligent student of Analytic Magic at Cambridge University. She has worked hard to reach her current position, working with advisor Jacob Grimes. Professor Grimes is brilliant, respected, and insanely difficult. Alice will do anything to please him, to make sure… Continue reading Book Review: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
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