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Review: Remake by Illima Todd

*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Remake Author: Illima Todd Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9781609079246 Synopsis from Goodreads: Nine is the ninth female born in her batch of ten females and ten males. By design, her life in Freedom Province is without complications or consequences.Continue reading “Review: Remake by Illima Todd”

Funky Cover Friday

This is one of my favourite covers of this year. I love the style and the colour. The simple robotic arm holding the flower perfectly sums of the sweetness and innocence of the story. This is a light-hearted, funny, and very touching story and this cover perfectly speaks to the overall tone. A Robot inContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”

Review: Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood

*I received my copy of this book from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Six Impossible Things Author: Fiona Wood Publisher: Poppy, and imprint of Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: August 15, 2015 ISBN: 9780316242165 Synopsis from Goodreads: Fourteen year old nerd-boy Dan Cereill is not quite coping with aContinue reading “Review: Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood”

Review: Alive by Chandler Baker

*I received my copy of this book from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Alive Author: Chandler Baker Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: June 09, 2015 ISBN: 9781484706831 Synopsis from Goodreads: Stella Cross’s heart is poisoned. After years on the transplant waiting list, she’s running out of hope that she’ll ever seeContinue reading “Review: Alive by Chandler Baker”

Funky Cover Friday

Ru | Kim Thuy | Bloomsbury | 2012 | ISBN 9781608198986 I’ve never read Ru, but this cover is so serene and beautiful. I love the colours and the muted image. The contrast has a very Yin and Yang feel to it. What’s your favourite cover of the week?

Review: Every Last Word

*I received my copy from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Every Last Word Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: June 15, 2015 ISBN: 9781484705278 Synopsis from Goodreads: Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hairContinue reading “Review: Every Last Word”

Review: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

*I received my copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: God Help the Child Author: Toni Morrison Publisher: Knopf Publication Date: April 2015 ISBN: 9780307594174 Synopsis from Goodreads: Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child—the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment—weaves a taleContinue reading “Review: God Help the Child by Toni Morrison”

Funky Cover Friday

For more of my favourite book covers, you can check out my Pinterest board, Cover Lover. The Thief by Fumunori Nakamura

Book Club 6: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Titles: Life After Life Author: Kate Atkinson Publisher: Bond Street Books Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780385671378 Synopsis from Goodreads: What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take herContinue reading “Book Club 6: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson”

Review: The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Book of Speculation Author: Erika Swyler Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Publication Date: June 23, 2015 ISBN: 9781250054807 Synopsis from Goodreads: Simon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home,Continue reading “Review: The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler”