Really Good, Actually - Monica Heisey (HarperCollinsPublishersLtd., 2023) Point Form Book Reviews are my way of reviewing books that I don't necessarily have a lot to say about but still want to share a little on. So here are my thoughts on Really Good, Actually: I finished this about 2 weeks and I can't remember… Continue reading (Point Form) Book Review: Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
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Book Review: The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
The Coast Road - Alan Murrin (HarperVia, 2024) I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own. Book is on sale now. Without quite intending to, I've found myself reading quite a bit of Irish writing this past year or so. I don't know if I can… Continue reading Book Review: The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
What I Read: August 2024
Read: The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo (Henry Holt & Company, 2024) A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf (Penguin Modern Classics, 1975) In the Woods - Tana French (Penguin Books, 2017) The Likeness - Tana French ( Penguin Books, 2017) The Coast Road - Alan Murrin (Harper Via, 2024) Lifelines - Heidi Diehl… Continue reading What I Read: August 2024
Book Review: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo (Henry Holt & Company, 2024) It's so nice when you pick up a book expecting to enjoy it and it lives up to all of your expectations. I was very hopeful for The Fox Wife as it had a lot that gave it points in my mind: 1) Historical… Continue reading Book Review: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
What I Read: July 2024
Read: God in the Dock - C.S. Lewis (Collins, 1979) The Whalebone Theatre - Joanna Quinn (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) The Little Friend - Donna Tartt (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter (Graywolf Press, 2014) The Capital of Dreams - Heather O'Neill Did Not Finish: Santa Evita -… Continue reading What I Read: July 2024
Book Review: The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill (20 Books of Summer)
The Capital of Dreams - Heather O'Neill (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2024) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Publication Date: 9 October 2024 I've read all of Heather O'Neill's fiction (see some reviews here) over the years, starting with the debut novel that launched her into CanLit… Continue reading Book Review: The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill (20 Books of Summer)
Book Review: The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (20 Books of Summer)
This book is really long. I've read both The Goldfinch and The Secret History by Donna Tartt before and enjoyed them both and neither are particularly short books. But The Little Friend felt long. I started it on audio and had to renew it once and then switched to a hard copy because I figured… Continue reading Book Review: The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (20 Books of Summer)
Book Review: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
The Whalebone Theatre - Joanna Quinn (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) In parts, this felt like two stories joined together. There is the story of three semi-feral children, related to each other in complicated ways, growing up in a crumbling English estate in the last days when such places existed. Then there is the story of… Continue reading Book Review: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Book Review: God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis (20 Books of Summer)
God in the Dock - C.S. Lewis (Collins, 1979) I've read a lot of C.S. Lewis. He's one of my favourite writers and an author whose writings on theology I always find helpful. Lewis tends to be clear, concise, and powerful. God in the Dock is a collection of short essays, mostly published in the… Continue reading Book Review: God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis (20 Books of Summer)
Book Review: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell (William Morrow, 2024) I received an Advance Readers' Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Pub Date: 30 July 2024 Slow Dance isn't my usual sort of fare but when an Advance Copy came through the door and I was headed out of town on a weekend away,… Continue reading Book Review: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell







