canadian lit
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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
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Picture Book Review: When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey & Geneviève Godbout
Review: When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey, illus. Geneviève Godbout Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books/Random House of Canada Limited via Netgalley. Thank you! Publication: October 13, 2015 by Tundra Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: From the moment they heard his booming voice, Santa’s parents knew their little one was special. Read more
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