This coming Tuesday, June 21st, is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, and the entirety of June is Indigenous History Month. According to the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion: “June is National Indigenous History Month. It is a time for all Canadians to reflect on the unique histories, sacrifices, cultures, contributions, and strengths READ MORE
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READING LIST | LGBTQ+ BOOKS AND AUTHORS
I’m a little late to the party, but June is Pride Month! During the month of June every year, all over the world, people have a chance to celebrate LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming people and communities. There are festivals, parades, events and, in the bookish community, we like to celebrate by drawing attention to READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | UNSETTLED GROUND – CLAIRE FULLER
This is the third book I read for the BookTube Prize‘s Quarterfinals. It’s a fairly simple story, that of a brother and sister who have been sheltered and kept largely separate from the world around them by their mother. They grow most of what they need, and scrounge enough money to pay bills by READ MORE
RE-READ REVIEW | Q’S LEGACY – HELENE HANFF
I read this one again after recommending it to someone and realizing it had been a while. I adored this book when I first read it, it was right down my bookish street and in Helene Hanff I found someone with both my love of books and sense of humour. Hanff is the author READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH PET PEEVES
Oh man. I imagine this week is opening CANS of worms! I plan to open up a few of my own. Here goes cracks knuckles! Let’s get started with a contentious issue in the book world: I find it upsetting when people say that audiobooks don’t count as reading. There are a bunch READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BEST PARTS OF EACH SEASON
As some of you know, I have medical issues that create complications in my life. Now every season is accompanied by a different reason I can’t go outside if I want to be able to breathe. So I’m going to share what used to be my favourite parts of each season, and the hope READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | CREATIVE OUTLETS
If you’re looking for my main creative outlet, look no further. You’re reading it. But there are a few other hobbies that I do occasionally that are creative, I guess! Knitting. It’s been a while since I’ve done this as it’s hard for me to sit and do repetitive movements for too long, but READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY WINTER TBR
Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that any TBR is going to be just a momentary snapshot of the books that come to mind in that moment. I never actually read the books on any list before moving on to others I had either forgotten about or not yet discovered. But they’re READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE ADAPTED
I’ve really been enjoying series based on books – Big Little Lies, Small Island, Little Fires Everywhere – they’re great, even better if you’ve read the book. Sometimes when you’re reading you can almost see what the book you’re reading would look like on the screen, but rarely do the ones you most want to see READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FAMILY AND FRIENDS RECOMMENDED
One of the best things about being a reader is when someone recommends a book to you and you end up loving it. Here are some of the books that were recommended to me by people in my life – important people and people I only knew briefly – but books that have stuck READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVE READING NIBBLES
I am not a huge reading snacker. I tend to stop and take a break to eat. But there are a few things that, if I am going to have something edible nearby, I’m most likely to reach for. First, a few rules. It can’t be anything that drips. Nothing worse than sauce on READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COVER RE-DESIGNS
I don’t have a ton of re-designs I loved or hated, but I do have a few special editions I like and wish were the only editions, and a few books I wish had better editions but I haven’t found any! Books I don’t love the covers of in any edition: I love READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | DEAR MRS. BIRD – A.J. PEARCE
This book intrigued me because it has a couple of the things I generally perk my ears up when I hear: WWII home front account of women’s lives during the war, and a young woman trying to carve out a career for herself as a journalist. Plus it’s set in London, so bonus! I READ MORE
QUARTERLY WRAP-UP | APRIL-JUNE 2019
The last three months have just flown by, but there was some really good reading mixed in with all the whirlwind! Here’s a little bit about the books I read between April and June. April I didn’t expect that much from Daisy Jones and the Six beyond an entertaining and easy read. It READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BIRDS, BEASTS AND RELATIVES – GERALD DURRELL
Birds, Beasts and Relatives is the second book in Gerald Durrell’s Corfu Trilogy, a series of stories about the time his family upped sticks and moved from drizzy, depressing England to the Mediterranean island of Corfu. I read the first in the series, My Family and Other Animals, last summer (though I believe it READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVE BOOKS OF THE LAST DECADE
This week’s topic is favourite books of the past decade. I’m going through and choosing at least a couple for each year – not ones I necessarily read in that year, but my favourite of the books I’ve read that were released in that year. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE KISS QUOTIENT – HELEN HOANG
Who knows why, after the failure of One Day In December I chose to read another romance story, but I guess I don’t have to make sense. In my defense, I didn’t really realize this one was straight up romance when I got myself into it. I thought it was more like The Rosie Project – READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS THAT REMIND ME OF MYSELF
This week’s topic is hard because most of the characters I identify with are probably more because I see things in them I aspire to more than things I actually am. Or I see something in how they deal with things or see the world. I haven’t met many characters that really remind me READ MORE