Book Review: Mothers Grimm
Mothers Grimm looks like a fairy tale retelling, but is something a little different–in a good way!
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Review & Blog Tour: Stop the Bully
Stop the Bully by Karen Tyrell Digital Future Press, 2014 ISBN: 9780987274069 Author-teacher Karen Tyrrell is back with another excellent mental health book for children, which makes author-school counsellor Ali Stegert…
The Lost Sisterhood Gains a Fan-Girl: A Book Review
The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier (Ballantine Books, 2014) ISBN: 9780345536228 The Lost Sisterhood ticks all the literary boxes. Age old secrets? Check. Roguish love interest? Check. Historical fascination? Check.…
An Enviable Friendship: Carol Wall’s Garden Memoir
Mr. Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart, by Carol Wall (Random House, 2014) ISBN: 9780857983923 Publication Date: 4…
Monthly Reading Round-Up – February 2014
Talk about genre-blending! February’s reading smorgasbord gave me a belly-full of flavours I don’t often savour: Historical fiction in graphic novel form Steampunk A ghost story Chick Lit Children’s literature…
Move Over Bridget Jones: The Wardrobe Girl Is Coming Soon
The Wardrobe Girl, by Jennifer Smart (Random House Australia, 2014) ISBN: 9780857982513 Publication Date: 3 March 2014 Bye-bye Bridget Jones. The long-standing queen of the unlucky-in-love set is about to be bumbled out…
A Devastating Story: The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1951) Audio Book performed by Colin Firth Audible Inc, 2012 Winner Audie Award Winner 2013 “I have a new favourite male…
Book Review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005 ISBN: 9780618329700 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a sad yet hopeful story of an 8-year-old boy…
