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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters You’d Love To Revisit As Adults
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week: Ten Childhood Characters You’d Love To Revisit As Adults! With some favourite characters, like Mia Thermopolis, Jessica Darling, or Hermione Granger, I’ve had the tremendous luck to be able to follow them into… Read more
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Must Read Monday (38): Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life & Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week’s theme is the 2015 National Book Awards! First… Read more
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Mother’s Day Giveaway from Raincoast Books!
I am thrilled to be hosting a wonderful Mother’s Day giveaway, courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books! Open to Canadian residents, ages 18 and up, one lucky person will have the chance to win a great collection of six books and gift items valued at $140. Here is a rundown of the beautiful prizes… Read more
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Review: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Review: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: May 3, 2016 by Flatiron Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books That Make Me Laugh!
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Now, I have not posted a Top Ten Tuesday in a…long while..but I saw the topic for this week and wanted to dive in with my picks for funny reads. Comedy is an essential part… Read more
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Must Read Monday (36): Morgan Matson’s The Unexpected Everything & Jessica Spotswood’s Wild Swans
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: upcoming YA releases from two great authors: Morgan… Read more
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From Cover to Covet (2): Let’s look at picture books and expressions
Welcome to the second ‘From Cover to Covet’! I had so much fun with the first one, I wanted to do a second one right away! There are so many gloriously designed, stunning, moving, unique, eye-catching covers I see in my library work and in my personal reading, and I want to give them (and… Read more
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From Cover to Covet (1): Shadow, The Dark, The Insomniacs, Josephine & Ten Birds Meet a Monster
New feature time! I will be trying out a new series called ‘From Cover to Covet’, featuring…covers! There are so many gloriously designed, stunning, moving, unique, eye-catching covers I see in my library work and in my personal reading, and I want to give them (and their creators!) a little bookish love here. These posts… Read more
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Must Read Monday (35): Clare Mackintosh’s I Let You Go & Megan Miranda’s All the Missing Girls
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week is all about thrillers! First up is I… Read more
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