In this, my first review of 2019, I would like to ask that you continue this blog journey with me with the words of one of the greats. Happy New Year to all!
Read MoreI may not be able to make predictions or have the patience to await a psychic vision of where a New Year might take me, but one thing is of absolute certainty...I’ll be reading!
Read MoreMostly a meh read, but alluring based on the premise. Even though I didn’t quite see the end coming, I mostly didn’t care by that point.
Read MoreIt might be believed that a group of Mennonite women don’t have much to talk about. That would be wrong. They are the keepers of the secrets in their close knit and closed off communities.
Read MoreA literary mashup of Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Red Rising, the author creates two badass leads (no damsels in distress here!) that ensure the reader is thoroughly captivated by the story.
Read MoreIf this story had a message to deliver, it might be that habitual and comfortable activity is a kind of prison, which would mean all kinds of trouble for me!
Read MoreSome quick reviews on books that are being made into movies, all great novels worth a look before they air!
Read MoreIt’s said that when you read, sometimes it’s for the story, sometimes for the words, and if you are lucky you will get both. No luck here, this one is only good for the words.
Read MoreGiving a book as a gift is a deeply intimate experience for the giver or the receiver, and when all the stars align, for both. You are in essence giving someone the world, an opportunity to explore something new, to learn, to be still and consider what exists outside themselves. To find new heights or depths of emotion.
Read MoreWhile in rant mode we get glimpses of the sharp wit of John Oliver and Trevor Noah, in almost every other aspect we get what can only be described as uniquely Canadian humour.
Read MoreFull disclosure, I am not a big fan of Liane Moriarty’s writing. I was apparently in some sort of haze post the pleasure of watching the television adaptation of Big Little Lies and I forgot that rather crucial fact.
Read MoreSome quick reviews on books that are being made into Television series, all great novels worth a look before they air!
Read MoreQuotes, idioms, aphorisms. Groups of words, perfectly choregraphed and connected to underscore any particular moment of life. They are the embodiment of how we are affected by something we have seen, heard, felt, smelt or tasted.
Read MoreWhat if you had no right to use your voice to its full potential? If you could only speak 100 words a day? Think about that, you wouldn't even be able to read this review aloud.
Read MoreA fun, fascinating foray into the foibles of the English language. Let me share just a taste of the wit and wisdom included here…
Read MoreAs our heroine plays at being other people in this wartime tale of espionage, she’s at risk of her own personality becoming the fictitious one.
Read MoreWhen you reflect back on the opening sequence upon finishing this novel you will be left with a whole new understanding of “the honeymoon is over.”
Read MoreI am a parent to no child but will evangelize to any young person I am in the vicinity of about how lucky they are in regard to the books available to them today. And make no mistake, by no means are the young the only ones reading from this glutinous feast of fiction..
Read MoreSome quick reviews on recent books that fall into the above reader profile. Hope you find something for you and the kiddies to enjoy!
Read MoreIf on all hallows eve you are like me; single, childless and a huge Stephen King fan, it’s possible you had an expectation of a scary tale when sitting down to read the book he dropped the day before. Well you would have found yourself both tricked and treated.
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