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
Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada, 2026) My friends and I have a joke that one wrong like on Instagram can ruin your whole algorithm. It's a joke but it's at least a little bit true. Linger too long watching a reel of some woman in a sparkling kitchen making sourdough and suddenly Instagram… Continue reading Book Review: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
A Far-Flung Life - M.L. Stedman (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2026) With thanks to the publisher and Libro.fm for an advance listening copy of this book. All opinions are my own. This audiobook was narrated by Lewis Fitzgerald. Oof. Having read M.L. Stedman's previous book, The Light Between Oceans, and cried through it, I knew… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman
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 Wax Child - Olga Ravn (Book*hug Press, 2025) This is a book that I would describe as more style over substance. And I don't mean that to be a bad thing but it is making it hard for me to write a solid book review. The basic plot of the book is based on… Continue reading Book Review: The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown, 2025) This book has been getting a lot of hype amidst the circles that I run in. While I wasn't initially that drawn to the concept, my curiousity grew as people kept raving about it. When The Correspondent made it to the Women's Fiction Prize shortlist, I put my… Continue reading Book Review: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
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
Read: So Long, See You Tomorrow - William Maxwell (Vintage International, 1996) Kin - Tayari Jones (Viking, 2026) The Distance of a Shout - Michael Ondaatje (McClelland & Stewart, 2026) The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street - Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (Douglas & MacIntyre, 2026) Chernobyl Prayer - Svetlana Alexievich (Penguin Audio, 2021) (translated from the… Continue reading What I Read – April 2026
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
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