Title: A Complicated Kindness Author: Miriam Toews Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: 2004 ISBN: 9780676978568 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel longs to hang out with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull in New York City’s East Village. Instead she’s trapped in East Village, Manitoba, a small town whose population is Mennonite: “the most embarrassing sub-sect ofContinue reading “Review: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews”
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Review: The One Memory of Flora Banks
* I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. * Title: The One Memory of Flora Banks Author: Emily Barr Publisher: Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Publication Date: May 2017 ISBN: 9780399547010 Synopsis from Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself severalContinue reading “Review: The One Memory of Flora Banks”
Review: The Diabolic by S. J. Kincaid
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Diabolic Author: S. J. Kincaird Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Publication Date: November 1st 2016 ISBN: 9781481472678 Synopsis from Goodreads: A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order to protect theContinue reading “Review: The Diabolic by S. J. Kincaid”
Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Title: Fangirl Author: Rainbow Rowell Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Publication Date: September 2013 ISBN: 9781447263227 Synopsis from Goodreads: Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan… But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in theContinue reading “Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell”
Review: The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry
*I received this book from the published in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Love That Split the World Author: Emily Henry Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: January 26, 2016 ISBN: 9781595148506 Synopsis from Goodreads: Natalie’s last summer in her small Kentucky hometown is off to a magical start…until she starts seeing the “wrong things.” They’reContinue reading “Review: The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry”
Review: Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl
Title: Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl Author: Jesse Andrews Publisher: Amulet Books Publication Date: 2012 ISBN: 9781419701764 Synopsis from Goodreads: Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, theirContinue reading “Review: Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl”
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: Boo by Neil Smith
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. * Title: Boo Author: Neil Smith Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: May 12, 2015 ISBN: 9780804171366 Synopsis from Goodreads: When Oliver “Boo” Dalrymple wakes up in heaven, the eighth-grade science geek thinks he died of a heart defect at his school. But soon afterContinue reading “Review: Boo by Neil Smith”
Review: The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Mountain Story Author: Lori Lansens Publisher: Knopf Canda Publication Date: April 14, 2015 ISBN: 9780345809025 Synopsis from Goodreads: Five days. Four hikers. Three survivors. From Lori Lansens, author of the national bestsellers Rush Home Road, The Girls and The Wife’s TaleContinue reading “Review: The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens”
Review: Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Everything Everything Author: Nicola Yoon Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: September 2015 ISBN: 9780553496642 Synopsis from Goodreads: My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world.I don’t leave my house, have not left my houseContinue reading “Review: Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon”
Worn Pages and Ink 