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
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
Kin - Tayari Jones (Viking, 2026) Annie and Vernice (or Niecey as she's known by those close to her) are "cradle friends". Two babies without mothers who are placed in the same cradle, both growing up in the Black community of Honeysuckle, Louisiana. Vernice is an orphan, taken in by her aunt, after her father… Continue reading Book Review: Kin by Tayari Jones
Read: The Singer's Gun - Emily St. John Mandel (Vintage Books, 2015) The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan (Simon & Schuster, 2022) Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett (Penguin Random House Audio, 2026) The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1965) Here for a Good Time - Kim Spencer… Continue reading What I Read – March 2026
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 received an Advance Listening Copy of this book thanks to the publisher and Libro.fm. All opinions are my own. This book is available now. One of the lovely things about using audiobooks and being able to have great access to them through Libro.fm is that I have found myself trying books I might not… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Lost Lambs - Madeline Cash (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026) The Flynn family is not a normal family. Everything seems to be falling apart after Catherine and Bud decide to try an open marriage. Bud is living in his car in the driveway while Catherine is pursuing a relationship with the next door neighbour. Abigail,… Continue reading Book Review: Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
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