Tenderness - Rowan Beaird (Macmillan Audio, 2026) I received an advance listening copy of this book thanks to the publisher and to Libro.fm. All opinions are my own. Book on sale July 21, 2026. The premise of this book sounded really promising. A suspense type story, set over one weekend, on a somewhat remote island.… Continue reading (Audio) Book Review: Tenderness by Rowan Beaird
Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper, 2026) I really love Ann Patchett and every time she releases a new book, I find myself delighted that I am living at the same time that one of my favourite writers is writing. (I also really love her as independent bookseller but that is a conversation for another time.)… Continue reading Book Review: Whistler by Ann Patchett
It's been a bit since I did one of these (and you'll see why in a minute) but in these posts I hope to share a little about what I am reading with my two children. Not exactly a review but a look at a book we’ve read together and how it worked for us.… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I received an advanced readers' copy of this book thanks to the publisher. All opinions are my own. 5 friends (and 2 partners) come together for a week away in the Danish forest. Once a closely-knit friend group during their university days, they have moved into their 30s with their lives going different directions. They… Continue reading Book Review: Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst
Read: Go Gentle - Maria Semple (Penguin Random House Audio, 2026) (narrated by Saskia Maarleveld) Son of Nobody - Yann Martel (Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2026) The Wax Child - Olga Ravn (Book*hug Press, 2025) (translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken) Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy (Scribner Canada, 2025) Yesteryear -… Continue reading What I Read – May 2026
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
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
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