Familial Hungers - Christine Wu (Brick Books, 2025) Reading this slim book of poems, I was reminded of a long ago conversation with a friend who firmly believed that there needed to be a sixth love language. "Food", she would say. "Food is a love language." Food, both the love of it and its preparation… Continue reading Book Review: Familial Hungers by Christine Wu
Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf Canada, 2025) I've been a fan of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's work since I first read Half of a Yellow Sun and I've since read everything else by her, including her non-fiction work. I've find her writing to be incisive and informative. I immediately added her new book to… Continue reading Book Review: Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
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
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
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
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory - Tim Alberta (Harper Collins Audio, 2023) (narrated by the author) I first came across this book via customer request at work. Probably because of this, with the book's subtitle of "American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism", I assumed it was a look at the Evangelical Church… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta
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