canadian lit
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Review: The Specific Ocean by Kyo Maclear & Katty Maurey
Review: The Specific Ocean by Kyo Maclear, illus. Katty Maurey Source: Digital galley courtesy of Kids Can Press via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: August 1st 2015 by Kids Can Press Verdict: Excellent Book Description: A young girl does not want to go away for summer vacation; she wants to stay in the city with Read more
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Great Picture Books! (4)
I have had the pleasure of reading a number of terrific picture books as of late! From the much talked about to the wordless to the quieter offerings, here are some terrific picture book picks: Whimsy’s Heavy Things by Julie Kraulis. This is a thoughtful, contemplative and beautiful picture book from a Canadian writer/illustrator Read more
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Must Read Monday (7): Kate Beaton
Welcome to the seventh edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/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 I am featuring upcoming titles from Canadian author/artist/illustrator Read more
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Picture Book Review: This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary & Julie Morstad
Review: This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary, illus. Julie Morstad Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Random House of Canada Limited, via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 12, 2015 Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the Read more
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Review: We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
Review: We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Random House of Canada Limited, via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: Hardcover and Kindle edition, May 12, 2015 Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Thirteen-year-old Stewart Inkster is academically brilliant but “ungifted” socially. Fourteen-year-old Ashley Anderson is Read more
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Review: The Truth Commission by Susan Juby
Review: The Truth Commission by Susan Juby Source: ARC courtesy of Goodreads First Reads and Penguin Canada. Thank you! Expected Publication: April 14, 2015 by Razorbill Canada Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Open secrets are the heart of gossip—the things that no one is brave or clueless enough to ask. That is, except for Normandy Pale Read more
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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
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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
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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
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