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  • Blog Tour Stop for Eileen Cook’s You Owe Me a Murder!

    Blog Tour Stop for Eileen Cook’s You Owe Me a Murder!

    Welcome to one of the last stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for Canadian author Eileen Cook‘s latest YA novel, You Owe Me a Murder!  Read on for my thoughts on the novel as well as a Q&A with Eileen. Be sure to take a look at the postcard at the bottom of the… Read more


    February 22, 2019

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    blog tour, canadian lit, contemporary ya, eileen cook, good, mystery, reviews, Young Adult
  • Review & Giveaway: It’s the End When I Say It’s the End by Stephan Pastis

    Review & Giveaway: It’s the End When I Say It’s the End by Stephan Pastis

    Review and giveaway time! Courtesy of the very kind folks at Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada, I have book seven in Stephan Pastis‘s Timmy Failure series, It’s the End When I Say It’s the End. Read on for my thoughts on the book and information on how Canadian residents can enter to win a copy!… Read more


    February 21, 2019

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, excellent, funny, giveaways, graphic novels, middle grade, reviews, stephan pastis, very good
  • Coming Up: Blog Tour for Eileen Cook’s You Owe Me A Murder!

    Coming Up: Blog Tour for Eileen Cook’s You Owe Me A Murder!

    Hi there readers! What a week. A week’s plans for posting, reading, reviewing, and general life stuff kind of all went to pot as our entire family, yours truly included, got sick!! It has been exhausting to say the least…but hopefully we are all on the mend! Anyhow, in much more pleasant news, I am… Read more


    February 17, 2019

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    Uncategorized, Young Adult
    blog tours, eileen cook, Young Adult
  • Picture Book Reviews & Titles to Celebrate Friendship, Love & Kindness

    Picture Book Reviews & Titles to Celebrate Friendship, Love & Kindness

    Valentine’s Day is indeed coming up, and it’s typically a time when picture books with themes about friendship, gentle meditations on love, and stories about being kind to one another are often in higher than usual demand! I thought now would be a great time to look at some new picture books fitting the themes… Read more


    February 10, 2019

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    Children’s, Reviews
    book lists, canadian lit, children’s, funny, good, megan hess, mike kerr, picture books, read alouds, renata liwska, reviews, seasonal, storytime, t.l. mcbeth, valentine’s day, very good
  • Children’s Fiction Reviews: The Ghost Road & Louisiana’s Way Home

    Children’s Fiction Reviews: The Ghost Road & Louisiana’s Way Home

    Let’s take a look at two children’s fiction titles I’ve had the pleasure of reading: The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter and Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo- a pretty incredible duo of acclaimed authors! Thank you to the lovely folks at Tundra Books, Candlewick Press, and Penguin Random House Canada!     “Don’t you see?… Read more


    February 5, 2019

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, charis cotter, children’s, contemporary, excellent, kate dicamillo, middle grade, mystery, very good
  • Picture Book Reviews: Door & Little Bear’s Big House

    Picture Book Reviews: Door & Little Bear’s Big House

    Two wonderful picture books courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books on review today, each dealing with very different sorts of adventures! First I will be talking about Door by JiHyeon Lee, followed by Benjamin Chaud‘s Little Bear’s Big House.   JiHyeon’s debuted with the critically acclaimed and gorgeous wordless picture book Pool; the author… Read more


    February 4, 2019

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    Children’s, Reviews
    benjamin chaud, children’s, funny, jihyeon lee, picture books, read alouds, reviews, very good, wordless picture books
  • Great Picture Books! (21)

    Great Picture Books! (21)

    Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books, including two early reader titles! In no particular order, here are the books: let’s start with the whimsical and utterly clever and charming Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O’Leary, illustrated by Jacob Grant, a wonderfully inventive alphabet story… Read more


    January 29, 2019

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    Children’s, Reviews
    alison murray, brian lies, charise mericle harper, children’s, christine battuz, excellent, good, great picture books, jacob grant, jon agee, lana button, leuyen pham, mark pett, molly idle, picture books, read alouds, readers, sara o’leary, storytime, travis jonker, very good
  • Picture Book Reviews: Giraffe and Bird Together Again & Our New Kittens

    Picture Book Reviews: Giraffe and Bird Together Again & Our New Kittens

    Two picture books on the review list today, courtesy of the lovely folks at Pajama Press!   First up is Rebecca Bender‘s Giraffe and Bird Together Again, starring the popular duo from the award-winning Canadian author-illustrator’s Giraffe and Bird series of titles. In Giraffe and Bird Together Again, Giraffe becomes increasingly worried when Bird doesn’t… Read more


    January 27, 2019

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    Children’s, Reviews
    alice carter, animals, canadian lit, children’s, good, picture books, read alouds, rebecca bender, theo heras, very good
  • Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway for Tim Johnston’s The Current!

    Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway for Tim Johnston’s The Current!

    Welcome to one of the stops on the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour for Tim Johnston’s novel, The Current! Read on for my thoughts as well as information on how Canadian residents can enter the tour wide giveaway to win a copy of The Current!   The Current by Tim Johnston Source: ARC courtesy… Read more


    January 23, 2019

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    Adult Fiction, Reviews
    adult fiction, blog tour, contemporary, giveaways, mystery, reviews, suspense, tim johnston, very good
  • Coming Up: Blog Tour for Tim Johnston’s THE CURRENT!

    Coming up this week is the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour- with giveaway!- for Tim Johnston’s newest novel, The Current. Hope you’re able to come back on Wednesday, January 23rd, when I will be sharing my thoughts on the book and a link to a giveaway, open to Canadian residents! Please check out the… Read more


    January 20, 2019

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    Adult Fiction, Uncategorized
    adult fiction, blog tour, tim johnston
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