*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for and honest review.* Title: Inked Author: Eric Smith Publisher: Bloomsbury Spark Publication Date: January 2015 ISBN: 9781619638594 Synopsis from Goodreads: Tattoos once were an act of rebellion. Now they decide your destiny the moment the magical Ink settles under your skin. And in a world where InkContinue reading “Review: Inked by Eric Smith”
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2015 Reading Challenge
Originally posted on Well I De-Claire:
I always have such a problem choosing what book I want to read next, so this year, I thought I would give myself some criteria to choose from. I found this neat little reading challenge online and decided to actually take part instead of just liking the post on…
Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry
*I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Black Dog Summer Author: Miranda Sherry Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Publication Date: February 10, 2015 ISBN: 9781476779768 Synopsis from Goodreads: Compulsively readable and stylistically stunning, Black Dog Summer begins with a murder, a farmstead massacre, in the South African bush. Thirty-eight-year-oldContinue reading “Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry”
Review: A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
Title: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing Author: Eimear McBride Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9781476789026 Synopsis from Goodreads: Not so much a stream-of-consciousness, as an unconscious railing against a life that makes little sense, and a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerableContinue reading “Review: A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing”
Review: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
*I received my copy of this book from Random House of Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Strange Library Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Knopf Publication Date: 2014 (originally 2005) ISBN: 9780385354301 Synopsis from Goodreads: A lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plot their escape from the nightmarish library ofContinue reading “Review: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami”
Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Title: Station Eleven Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher:Knopf Publication Date: September 2014 ISBN: 9780385353304 Synopsis from Goodreads: One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of “King Lear.” Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. A child actress named Kirsten RaymondeContinue reading “Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel”
Review: We Should Hang Out Sometime
*I received this novel from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: We Should Hang Out Sometime Author: Josh Sundquist Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: December 23, 2014 ISBN: 9780316251020 Synopsis from Goodreads: A bright, poignant, and deeply funny autobiographical account of coming of age as an amputeeContinue reading “Review: We Should Hang Out Sometime”
Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin Author: Lionel Shriver Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication Date: 2003 ISBN:9780061124297 Synopsis from Goodreads: Eva never really wanted to be a mother – and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher whoContinue reading “Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Review: The Universal Bureau of Copyrights
Title: The Universal Bureau of Copyrights Author: Bertrand Laverdure Translator: Oana Avasilichioaei Publisher: BookThug Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9781771660525 Synopsis from Goodreads: From multidisciplinary artist Bertrand Laverdure comes UNIVERSAL BUREAU OF COPYRIGHTS, a bold, strange, and addictive story that envisions a world where free will doesn’t exist, and an unnameable global corporation buys and sellsContinue reading “Review: The Universal Bureau of Copyrights”
Review: Doomboy by Tony Sandoval
*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Doomboy Author: Tony Sandoval Publisher: Magnetic Press Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9782888904380 Synopsis from NetGalley: A lonely, metal-obsessed teen sends a heartfelt song to his missing beloved, only to find out that his music has traveled to the beyond, and re-broadcast toContinue reading “Review: Doomboy by Tony Sandoval”
Worn Pages and Ink 