Review: Landwhale by Jes Baker

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Landwhale Author: Jes Baker Publisher: Seal Press Publication Date: May 8, 2018 ISBN: 9781580056816 Synopsis from Goodreads: Jes Baker burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types–a moveContinue reading “Review: Landwhale by Jes Baker”

Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Author: Gail Honeyman Publisher: Viking Canada Publication Date: May 9, 2017 ISBN: 9780143199090 Synopsis from Goodreads: Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated byContinue reading “Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman”

Review: To Me You Seem Giant by Greg Rhyno

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: To Me You Seem Giant Author: Greg Rhyno Publisher: NeWest Press Publication Date: September 1, 2017 ISBN: 9781988732008 Synopsis from Goodreads: It’s 1994 and Pete Curtis is pretty much done with Thunder Bay, Ontario. He’s graduating high school and playing drums inContinue reading “Review: To Me You Seem Giant by Greg Rhyno”

Review: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Astonishing Color of After Author: Emily X. R. Pan Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 20, 2018 ISBN:  9780316463997 Synopsis from Goodreads: Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide,Continue reading “Review: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan”

Review: Mrs. by Caitlin Macy

 * I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. * Title: Mrs. Author: Caitlin Macy Publisher: Lee Boudreaux Books (Little, Brown) Publication Date: February 13, 2018 ISBN: 9780316434157 Synopsis from Goodreads: In the well-heeled milieu of New York’s Upper East Side, coolly elegant Philippa Lye is the woman no one canContinue reading “Review: Mrs. by Caitlin Macy”

Review: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Heart Berries Author: Terese Marie Mailhot Publisher: Doubleday Canada Publication Date: March 13, 2018 ISBN: 9780385691147 Synopsis from Goodreads: Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in British Columbia. Having survivedContinue reading “Review: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot”

Review: Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Defy the Worlds Author: Claudia Gray Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: April 3, 2018 ISBN: 9780316394109 Synopsis from Goodreads: An outcast from her home — Shunned after a trip through the galaxy with Abel, the most advanced cybernetic manContinue reading “Review: Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray”

Review: The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Queen of Hearts Author: Kimmery Martin Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: February 13, 2018 ISBN: 9780399585050 Synopsis from Goodreads: Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensityContinue reading “Review: The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin”

Review and GIVEAWAY — Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Scroll down to enter for your chance to win a finished copy of the awesome book from Mary H. K. Choi, Emergency Contact, plus a CUSTOM iPhone case! Title: Emergency Contact Author: Mary H. K. Choi Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: MarchContinue reading “Review and GIVEAWAY — Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi”

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Boat People Author: Sharon Bala Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication Date: January 2, 2018 ISBN: 9780771024290 Synopsis from Goodreads: When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war reaches Canadian shores, the youngContinue reading “The Boat People by Sharon Bala”