*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Author: Holly Ringland Publisher: House of Anansi Publication Date: March 19, 2018 ISBN: 9781460754337 Synopsis from Goodreads: After her family suffers a tragedy when she is nine years old, Alice Hart is forced to leave herContinue reading “Book Review: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart”
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Book review: The Fall of Innocence
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Fall of Innocence Author: Jenny Torres Sanchez Publisher: Philomel Publication Date: June 12, 2018 ISBN: 9781524737757 Synopsis from Goodreads: For the past eight years, sixteen-year-old Emilia DeJesus has done her best to move on from the traumatic attack she suffered inContinue reading “Book review: The Fall of Innocence”
Book Review: What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: What We Were Promised Author: Lucy Tan Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: July 10, 2018 ISBN: 9780316437189 Synopsis from Goodreads: After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious servicedContinue reading “Book Review: What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan”
Review: Tin Man by Sarah Winman
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Tin Man Author: Sarah Winman Publisher: Viking Canada Publication Date: July 27, 2017 ISBN: 9780735235151 Synopsis from Goodreads: 4 hours, 33 minutes This is almost a love story. Ellis and Michael are twelve when they first become friends, and for a longContinue reading “Review: Tin Man by Sarah Winman”
Review: What is Going to Happen Next by Karen Hofmann
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: What is Going to Happen Next Author: Karen Hofmann Publisher: NeWest Press Publication Date: September 15, 2017 ISBN: 9781988732060 Synopsis from Goodreads: Karen Hofmann’s empathetic and cathartic novel, What is Going to Happen Next, pieces together the lives of five members of theContinue reading “Review: What is Going to Happen Next by Karen Hofmann”
Review: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Warlight Author: Michael Ondaatje Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication Date: May 8, 2018 ISBN: 9780771073786 Synopsis from Goodreads: In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as memory itself–shadowed and luminous at once–we read the story of fourteen-year-old Nathaniel, and his older sister,Continue reading “Review: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje”
The Home for Wayward Parrots by Darusha Wehm
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Home for Wayward Parrots Author: Darusha Wehm Publisher: NeWest Press Publication Date: May 1, 2018 ISBN: 9781988732275 Synopsis from Goodreads: Accustomed to being an only child, adoptee Brian “Gumbo” Guillemot’s teenage hobby was searching for his birth parents. But when heContinue reading “The Home for Wayward Parrots by Darusha Wehm”
Review: Motherhood by Sheila Heti
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Motherhood Author: Sheila Heti Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: May 1, 2018 ISBN: 9780345810540 Synopsis from Goodreads: After the tumult of her 20s, the narrator of Sheila Heti’s new novel finds herself living a life into which she could bring a child.Continue reading “Review: Motherhood by Sheila Heti”
Review: Vi by Kim Thuy
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Vi Author: Kim Thúy Publisher: Random House Canada Publication Date: April 10, 2018 ISBN: 9780735272798 Synopsis from Goodreads: The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant “precious, tiny one,” destined to be cosseted andContinue reading “Review: Vi by Kim Thuy”
Review: Panorama by Steve Kistulentz
Title: Panorama Author: Steve Kistulentz Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: March 6, 2018 ISBN: 9780316551762 Synopsis from Goodreads: Richard MacMurray, a cable news talking head, is paid handsomely to pontificate on the issues of the moment. On New Year’s Day he is scheduled to appear on a prominent Sunday-morning talk show, but as heContinue reading “Review: Panorama by Steve Kistulentz”
Worn Pages and Ink 