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  • Blog on Fire Tour: Review of Thrice Burned by Angela Misri

    Welcome to day two of the Blog on Fire: Thrice Burned Blog Tour. Today’s stop on Fab Book Reviews features an advance review of Angela Misri’s soon-to-be-released novel! Review: Thrice Burned (Portia Adams Adventure #2) by Angela Misri Source: ARC courtesy of Fierce Ink Press. Thank you! Expected Publication: March 24, 2015 by Fierce Ink… Read more


    March 10, 2015

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    angela misri, canadian lit, excellent, historical fiction, historical ya, mystery, reviews, very good
  • The Blog Tour Stops Here: Featuring Angela Misri’s Thrice Burned

    I am very excited to be participating in the upcoming Blog on Fire: Thrice Burned Blog Tour, in anticipation for the March 24th release of Canadian author Angela Misri’s Thrice Burned: A Portia Adams Adventure! Thrice Burned is the second book in the Holmes-inspired YA historical mystery series, with an expected third novel to be… Read more


    March 9, 2015

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    Young Adult
    angela misri, blog tour, canadian lit, historical ya, mystery
  • An e-reader languishes in the kitchen…

    More from the wonderful cartoonist Tom Gauld:   Read more


    March 6, 2015

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    comics, ereaders, funny, miscellaneous, tom gauld
  • Reviews: Wonderstruck & The Terrible Two

    Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick After hearing and reading tremendous things about both The Invention of Hugo Cabret (which I have not yet read) and Wonderstruck, I was looking forward to diving into this children’s novel. At 640 pages, it seems a considerable read, but it just flies by as over half the story is told… Read more


    March 4, 2015

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    Children’s, Reviews
    brian selznick, children’s, funny, good, jory john, kevin cornell, mac barnett, okay, reviews
  • That’s one way to deal with overdue items…

    Happy weekend, all! Read more


    February 28, 2015

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    Uncategorized
    comics, funny, librarians, libraries, pearls before swine, stephan pastis
  • Great Picture Books! (2, Part 2)

    Sleepyheads by Sandra J. Howatt, illus. Joyce Wan Baby Bedtime by Mem Fox, illus. Emma Quay Surprise by Mies van Hout This Orq. by David Elliot, illus. Lori Nichols   If you are looking for some wonderfully thoughtful and charming picture books, then I would recommend taking a look at these titles! Sleepyheads and Baby… Read more


    February 25, 2015

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    Children’s
    children’s, david elliot, emma quay, great picture books, jeremy tankard, joyce wan, lori nichols, mem fox, mies van hout, picture books, read alouds, sandra j. howatt, storytime, very good
  • Review: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

    Review: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Source: ARC courtesy of Goodreads First Reads and Penguin Canada. Thank you! Expected Publication: March 10, 2015 by Dial Books Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: For fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile, a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby. For most… Read more


    February 22, 2015

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, excellent, graphic novel, middle grade, reviews, very good, victoria jamieson
  • REWIND: Walken. Weapon of Choice. (Bonus: Star Wars audition)

    Christopher Walken can fly, folks! This music video (directed by Spike Jonze!) is from 2001, can you believe it? Read more


    February 21, 2015

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    Uncategorized
    celebrities, christopher walken, fatboy slim, funny, humour, kevin spacey, miscellaneous, music, saturday night live, television
  • Reviews: ‘Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures’ & ‘The Thirteenth Tale’

    Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam The 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures contains interconnected stories revolving around a few main characters as they go from medical school to being practicing physicians. Lam, an emergency room physician himself, writes in what I would call a very natural manner- unfussy, approachable and… Read more


    February 16, 2015

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    Adult Fiction, Reviews
    canadian lit, diane setterfield, excellent, good, historical fiction, mystery, reviews, scotiabank giller prize, very good, vincent lam
  • A little bit of lovely: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & ‘Love Letter’

    This. Song. So much gorgeousness. The melody, the lyrics, Nick Cave’s voice. There’s just something about ‘Love Letter’ that hits me at the core and makes me well up every time I hear it. I adore this song so much that, even though it was posted on my old site, I must post this video… Read more


    February 11, 2015

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    Uncategorized
    music, nick cave
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