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Review: A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy
Review: A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Groundwood Books. Thank you! Publication: August 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Evelyn is both aghast and fascinated when a new boy comes to grade five and tells everyone his name is Queen. Queen wears shiny gym shorts and wants… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Required Readings from Elementary and High School
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week is all about back to school, and I have chosen to go with the the top ten required readings during my elementary and high school years. Some of the titles on this list… Read more
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Must Read Monday (48): Mystery Titles on my TBR!
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: a focus on mystery titles! I have (much)… Read more
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Review: A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel
Review: A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Sky Pony Press. Thank you! Publication: August 9, 2016 by Sky Pony Press, imprint of Skyhorse Publishing Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Before Stinkville, Alice didn’t think albinism—or the blindness that goes with it—was a big deal. Sure, she uses a magnifier… Read more
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Blog Tour Stop: Natasha Preston’s The Cabin
The Cabin by Natasha Preston Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: September 6, 2016 by Sourcebooks Fire Book Description: There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this new young adult thriller from Natasha Preston, author of The Cellar, a New York Times Bestseller, and Awake. They… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Have Been On My TBR for Too Long…
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…let’s just say a long while, but I saw this week’s topic and wanted to join in. This week: Ten Books That Have Been On My… Read more
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After Watching Begin Again…
My husband and I recently watched the 2013 film, Begin Again, starring Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, James Corden and Adam Levine. And…we both adored it. The performances are great and the MUSIC in the film is fantastic, just mesmerizing. It made me think of how little I have been listening to music as of late,… Read more
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Upcoming Blog Tour: Natasha Preston’s The Cabin!
I am very happy to write that I will be participating in a blog tour for Natasha Preston’s The Cabin that the lovely folks at Raincoast Books have put together! Natasha Preston, breakout author of the bestselling young adult suspense novel The Cellar, has a new YA book coming out this September called The Cabin.… Read more
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Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 3)
Continuing on with a Must Read Monday feature on Fall 2016 releases!… This week’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different. I’ve been looking through various sources (review journals, publisher’s sites, Goodreads, blogs, etc.) as is my norm, but my to-be read pile has grown tremendously in a short span! This is due, in… Read more
adult fiction, alex marwood, ann patchett, ben clanton, booki vivat, cate holohan, children’s, chris hadfield, contemporary, elise gravel, emma donoghue, fall 2016, fantasy, gilly macmillan, graphic novels, historical, jan thomas, jordan sonnenblick, jory john, joyce wan, julia sarda, karen foxlee, kate moretti, kathryn siebel, kayla rae whitaker, lane smith, lily brooks dalton, matt phelan, middle grade, must read monday, mystery, picture books, sue lowell gallion, suspense, the fan brothers, thriller, trilby kent, Young Adult -
Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 2)
Continuing on with a Must Read Monday feature on Fall 2016 releases!… This week’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different. I’ve been looking through various sources (review journals, publisher’s sites, Goodreads, blogs, etc.) as is my norm, but my to-be read pile has grown tremendously in a short span! This is due, in… Read more
ben hatke, canadian lit, children’s, claire legrand, comic strip collections, comics, dana simpson, fall 2016, graphic novels, humour, jaime zollars, jim toomey, julie morstad, kenneth oppel, middle grade, mo willems, must read monday, non-fiction, picture books, stephan pastis, tom gauld, trenton lee stewart
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