*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest reviewTitle: A Lover’s DiscourseAuthor: Xiaolu GuoPublisher: Grove PressPublication Date: October 23, 2020ISB: 9780802149527 Synopsis from Goodreads:A Chinese woman moves from Beijing to London for a doctoral program-and to begin a new life-just as the Brexit campaign reaches a fever pitch. Isolated and lonelyContinue reading “Book Review: A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo”
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Book Review: Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Out of the SunAuthor: Esi EdugyanPublisher: House of AnansiPublication Date: September 6, 2021ISBN: 9781487009878 Synopsis from Goodreads:What happens when we begin to consider stories at the margins, when we grant them centrality? How does that complicate our certainties about who we are,Continue reading “Book Review: Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan”
Book Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: The Great BelieversAuthor: Rebecca MakkaiPublisher: VikingPublication Date: June 2018ISBN: 9780735223530 Synopsis from Goodreads:In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings asContinue reading “Book Review: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai”
Book Review: Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things
* I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Craftfulness Authors: Rosmary Davidson and Arzu Tahsin Publisher: Appetite by Random House Publication Date: January 29, 2019 ISBN: 9780525610427 Synopsis from Goodreads:Integrating mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology, and creativity research, Craftfulness offers a thought-provoking and surprising reconsideration of craft, and how making thingsContinue reading “Book Review: Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things”
Book review: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Killing Commendatore Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Doubleday Canada Publication Date: October 9, 2018 ISBN: 9780385690690 Synopsis from Goodreads:In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of aContinue reading “Book review: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami”
Book Review: Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Our Homesick Songs Author: Emma Hooper Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada Publication Date: August 7, 2018 ISBN 9780735232723 Synopsis from Goodreads: The Connor family is one of the few still left in their idyllic fishing village, Big Running, Newfoundland; after the fishContinue reading “Book Review: Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper”
Review: The Way the Light Bends
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Way the Light Bends Author: Cordelia Jensen Publisher: Philomel Books Publication Date: March 27, 2018 ISBN: 9780399547447 Synopsis from Goodreads: Virtual twins Linc and Holly were once extremely close. But while artistic, creative Linc is her parents’ daughter biologically, it’s smart,Continue reading “Review: The Way the Light Bends”
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: The Strays by Emily Bitto
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Strays Author: Emily Bitto Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada Publication Date: January 3, 2017 ISBN: 9781455537723 Synopsis from Goodreads: On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. Lily has never experiencedContinue reading “Review: The Strays by Emily Bitto”
Review: The End by Anna by Adam Zachary
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The End by Anna Author: Adam Zachary Publisher: Metatron Publication Date: November 1, 2016 ISBN: 9781988355023 Synopsis on Goodreads: Anna’s greatest artwork would have also been her last: live-streaming her death of exposure on a remote stretch of tundra. Part loveContinue reading “Review: The End by Anna by Adam Zachary”
Worn Pages and Ink 