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  • Must Read Monday (46): Janet Ellis’s The Butcher’s Hook & Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent

    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 few seemingly under-the-radar historical fiction titles that… Read more


    August 1, 2016

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    Adult Fiction
    adult fiction, historical, historical fiction, janet ellis, must read monday, sarah perry
  • Review: Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski

    Review: Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski Source: ARC of Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Expected publication: August 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Emily has finally finished high school in the small town where she has lived her whole life. At last, she thinks, her adult life can begin. But… Read more


    July 30, 2016

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    canadian lit, contemporary ya, excellent, jane ozkowski, reviews, Young Adult
  • Review: The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine

    Review: The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada. Thank you! Expected publication: August 2, 2016 by Atria Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Kate Morton meets Daphne du Maurier in this atmospheric debut novel about a woman who discovers the century-old remains of a murder victim on her… Read more


    July 26, 2016

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    Adult Fiction, Reviews
    adult fiction, excellent, gothic, historical fiction, mystery, reviews, sarah maine
  • Review: Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan

    Review: Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan Source: ARC courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: June 7, 2016 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Julia has the unusual ability to be…unseen. Not invisible, exactly. Just beyond most people’s senses. It’s a… Read more


    July 25, 2016

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    canadian lit, catherine egan, excellent, fantasy, historical, historical ya, mystery, paranormal, reviews, very good, witches, Young Adult
  • Picture Book Review: Ooko by Esme Shapiro

    Review: Ooko by Esme Shapiro Source: Digital gallery courtesy of Tundra Books via NetGalley. Thank you! Publication: July 5, 2016 by Tundra Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Ooko has everything a fox could want: a stick, a leaf and a rock. Well, almost everything . . . Ooko wants someone to play with too!… Read more


    July 21, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    animals, esme shapiro, funny, picture book, read alouds, reviews, storytime, very good
  • Must Read Monday (45): Picture Books from Elanna Allen, Ben Clanton, Adam Rex & Christian Robinson and more!

    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 picture books- five titles, to… Read more


    July 18, 2016

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    Children’s
    adam rex, ben clanton, christian robinson, elanna allen, erin e. stead, michelle cuevas, must read monday, oliver jeffers, picture books, read alouds, sam winston, storytime
  • Picture Book Picks: Perfect for Summer!

    Summer-themed picture books are a fun and varied bunch of reads: anything and everything from going to the beach to visiting family, discovering new creatures to taking fantastical trips with your imagination. From classics to new titles, here- in no particular order- are some of my picture book picks for summer:   Barnacle is Bored… Read more


    July 17, 2016

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    Children’s
    book lists, canadian lit, children’s, excellent, funny, picture books, read alouds, seasonal, storytime, very good, wordless picture books
  • Review: Avenging the Owl by Melissa Hart

    Review: Avenging the Owl by Melissa Hart Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Sky Pony Press, imprint of Skyhorse Publishing. Thank you! Publication: April 5, 2016 by Sky Pony Press Verdict: Very Good Book Description: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Han Solo avenged the destruction of an innocent planet by helping Luke… Read more


    July 17, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    animals, children’s, contemporary, melissa hart, middle grade, reviews, very good
  • Review: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas

    Review: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: May 3, 2016 by Clarion Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and… Read more


    July 11, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, firoozeh dumas, historical fiction, middle grade, reviews, semi-autobiographical, very good
  • Review: Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley

    Review: Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley Source: ARC courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: May 10, 2016 by Riverheard Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley… Read more


    July 10, 2016

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    Non-Fiction, Reviews
    excellent, garrard conley, memoir, non-fiction, reviews
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