*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend Author: Katarina Bivald Publisher: Bond Street Books Publication Date: August 2015 (paperback) ISBN: 9780385683593 Synopsis from Goodreads: It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old AmyContinue reading “Review: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend”
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Funky Cover Friday
What I love most about this cover is the simplicity. The Taste of Salt | Martha Southgate | Algonquin Books | 2011 | 9781565129252
What I’m Reading, Where I’m Reading
Once a week I post a picture to show you what I’m reading each week and where I’m reading it. I hope you’ll copy along on this literary journey! Beach reading!
Review: I Crawl Through It by A. S. King
*I received this book from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: I Crawl Through It Author: A. S. King Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: September 2015 ISBN: 9780316334099 Synopsis from Goodreads: Four teenagers are on the verge of exploding. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushedContinue reading “Review: I Crawl Through It by A. S. King”
Review: Grand Menteur
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Grand Menteur Author: Jean Mare Ah-Sen Publisher: BookThug Publication Date: October 2015 ISBN: 9781771661300 Synopsis: The secret world of Mauritian street gangs is not for the faint of heart. Fraught with peril and mischief, its inner workings are a mystery to theContinue reading “Review: Grand Menteur”
Funky Cover Friday
I couldn’t decide which cover I liked better so I decided to share both covers of Mat Johnson’s Pym. Pym | Mat Johnson | Spiegel & Grau | 2012 | 9780812981766
What I’m Reading, Where I’m Reading
Once a week I post a picture to show you what I’m reading each week and where I’m reading it. I hope you’ll copy along on this literary journey! One last hurrah at the beach.
My Dream Literary Collection
The folks at Invaluable.com have asked me to post about my dream literary collection. This isn’t something difficult to do as you can imagine. As an avid reader and collector of books (remind me one of these days to share more pictures of my bookshelves with you), I am always looking to add more of myContinue reading “My Dream Literary Collection”
Review: Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
*I received this book from Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Wind/Pinball: Two Novels Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Bond Street Books Publication Date: August 2015 ISBN: 9780385681827 Synopsis from Goodreads: The debut short novels–nearly thirty years out of print– by the internationally acclaimed writer, newly retranslated and in one English-language volumeContinue reading “Review: Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami”
Funky Cover Friday
What drew me first to this cover was the colour. It’s bright and eye catching. What I loved about the cover was the fragmentation not only of the colour laid over the black and while image, but the brokenness of the text. It creates a disjointed feel, disrupting the serenity of the figure in theContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”
Worn Pages and Ink 