mystery
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Reviews: The Girl on the Train & Where They Found Her
Two mysteries on the review docket! Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Source: Paperback Published: January 6, 2015 by Doubleday Canada Verdict: Okay You can’t get too far in a bookstore or on online book sites without noticing Hawkins’ debut mystery novel being promoted and pushed. In the case of Gillian Flynn’s Read more
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Must Read Monday (5): Meg Cabot & Anna Lee Huber
Welcome to the fifth 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 Meg Cabot Read more
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Review: The Last Good Day of the Year by Jessica Warman
Review: The Last Good Day of the Year by Jessica Warman Source: Digital galley courtesy of Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 19, 2015 Verdict: Good Book Description: Ten years ago, seven-year-old Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched helplessly as Sam’s little sister was kidnapped. Later, Remy and Sam identified Read more
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Review: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Review: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert Source: Digital galley courtesy of Disney-Hyperion via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 19, 2015 Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: Ten years ago, God gave Braden a sign, a promise that his family wouldn’t fall apart the way he feared.But Braden got it wrong: his older brother, Trey, has Read more
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Must Read Monday (1): Sharon Cameron & Kimberly McCreight
Welcome to the first (and hopefully not only) 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 a 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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Reviews: ‘The Light Between Oceans’ & ‘The Miniaturist’
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman This historical fiction title was (as I remember it!) one of the more talked about titles after its release in 2012. It took me a few years to get to it- mostly because I usually hesitate when a particular novel is sold to me as a must-read. In Read more
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