canadian lit
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Review: The Summer We Saved the Bees by Robin Stevenson
Review: The Summer We Saved the Bees by Robin Stevenson Source: Paperback Publication: September 1, 2015 by Orca Book Publishers Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: How do you plan for the future when your own parents don’t believe you have one? Wolf ’s mother is obsessed with saving the world’s honeybees. He gets that. It’s… Read more
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Must Read Monday (33): Lisa Moore’s Flannery & Don Calame’s Dan Vs. Nature
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 upcoming young adult titles: Lisa… Read more
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Must Read Monday (30): Raymie Nightingale & When Green Becomes Tomatoes
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: two new titles from authors and illustrators I… Read more
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Must Read Monday (29): No Matter How Improbable & Jolly Foul Play
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! First up is No Matter How Improbable, the third entry… Read more
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Must Read Monday (28): Unbecoming & Exit, Pursued by a Bear
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: two soon-to-be-released contemporary young adult titles from new-to-me-authors.… Read more
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Must Read Monday (25): The War that Saved My Life & The Swallow: A Ghost Story
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 features more wonderfully reviewed children’s lit. First up… Read more
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Best Books of 2015, Part 3: Adult Fiction
I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday! Welcome to Part 3 of my Best Books of 2015 round-up! Another year of reading is inching its way to an end! All around, I would say that it has been a pretty solid year of reads: from brilliant and moving picture books, to gems in young… Read more
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Best Books of 2015, Part 2: Young Adult Fiction
Welcome to Part 2! Another year of reading is inching its way to an end! All around, I would say that it has been a pretty solid year of reads: from brilliant and moving picture books, to gems in young adult, children’s and adult fiction, there have been a number of winners. … Read more
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Best Books of 2015, Part 1: Picture Books, Children’s Fiction & Graphic Novels
Another year of reading is inching its way to an end! All around, I would say that it has been a pretty solid year of reads: from brilliant and moving picture books, to gems in young adult, children’s and adult fiction, there have been a number of winners. In no particular order, here are my… Read more
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Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Review: The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by Aladdin Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the… Read more