Read: The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O'Farrell (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2022) The End of the Affair - Graham Greene (Heinemann, 1966) The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue (Harper Avenue, 2020) Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owen (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Classic Crime Short Stories (Canongate Books, 2007) The Three Lives of… Continue reading What I Read – January 2023
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What I Read – August 2020
Read: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor - Eve Chase (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) Between Inca Walls - Evelyn Kohl LaTorre (She Writes Press, 2020) Radicalized - Cory Doctorow (Tor, 2019) True Story - Kate Reed Petty (Viking, 2020) Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Anansi, 2020) Molly of the Mall -… Continue reading What I Read – August 2020
Book Review: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor - Eve Chase (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) I received an Uncorrected Proof of this book. All opinions are my own. Rita was hired as a nanny for the wealthy Harrington family, to care for angsty, adolescent Hera, rambunctious young Teddy, and the new baby due soon. It was her dream… Continue reading Book Review: The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase
Book Review: The Truants by Kate Weinberg
The Truants - Kate Weinberg (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) I received an Uncorrected Proof of this novel. All opinions are my own. The Truants is the kind of book you keep thinking about for days afterward. The kind of book where you get to the end and you find your mind casting over the chapters,… Continue reading Book Review: The Truants by Kate Weinberg
What I Read – January 2020
Read: Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers - Anna James (Harper Collins, 2018) Strange Planet - Nathan Pyle (Morrow Gift, 2019) Strange Hotel - Eimear McBride (McClelland & Stewart, 2020) The Escapist - David Puretz (Global City Press, 2020) 100 Times: A Memoir of Sexism - Chavisa Woods (Seven Stories Press, 2019) Introverted Mom… Continue reading What I Read – January 2020
Book Review: Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Frankly in Love - David Yoon (Putnam, 2019) I received an Advance Reading Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Let's start with what doesn't work about this young adult novel. It's way too long. It's over 400 pages and it seems to cover almost everything that could possibly happen to a teenage… Continue reading Book Review: Frankly in Love by David Yoon
What I Read – June 2019
Read: Shut Up You're Pretty - Téa Mutonji (VS. Books, 2019) How She Read - Chantal Gibson (Caitlin Press, 2019) Original Prin - Randy Boyagoda (Biblioasis, 2018) Dissident Doctor - Michael C. Klein (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018) Positive Discipline - Jane Nelsen (Ballantine Books, 2006) Jesus the King - Timothy Keller (Penguin Books, 2016) Rue… Continue reading What I Read – June 2019
Book Review: Supper Club by Lara Williams
Supper Club - Lara Williams (Putnam, 2019) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. Its publication date is July 9, 2019. Some books that focus on food make you so hungry you have to eat while reading, holding the book in one hand, moving food into your mouth with the other. Other books… Continue reading Book Review: Supper Club by Lara Williams
What I Read – March 2019
READ: Southern Lady Code - Helen Ellis (Doubleday, 2019) The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Tin Man - Sarah Winman (Viking, 2017) The Waiting Hours - Shandi Mitchell (Viking, 2019) Lanny - Max Porter (Strange Light, 2019) A Room With a View - E.M. Forster (Penguin Books, 1978) American War - Omar… Continue reading What I Read – March 2019
Book Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
If you could find out the exact date of your death, would you? And if you did, what would you do with this knowledge? This is the question that informs The Immortalists. The Gold siblings are barely teenagers when they seek out a fortune teller who can allegedly tell you the day you die. One… Continue reading Book Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
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