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: Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Quicksand Author: Malin Persson Giolito Publisher: Other Press Publication Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN: 9781590518571 Synopsis from Goodreads: A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm’s wealthiest suburb. Eighteen-year-old Maja Norberg is charged for her involvement inContinue reading “Review: Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito”
Review: The Flying Troumans by Miriam Toews
Title: The Flying Troutman Author: Miriam Toews Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication Date: ISBN: 9780307397492 Synopsis from Goodreads: Hattie hears her sister Min has been checked into a psychiatric hospital, and finds herself flying back to Winnipeg to take care of Thebes and Logan, her niece and nephew. Not knowing what else to do, she loads theContinue reading “Review: The Flying Troumans by Miriam Toews”
Review: The Party by Robyn Harding
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Party Author: Robyn Harding Publisher: Scout Press Publication Date: June 6, 2017 ISBN: 9781501161247 Synopsis on Goodreads: Sweet sixteen. It’s an exciting coming of age, a milestone, and a rite of passage. Jeff and Kim Sanders plan on throwing a partyContinue reading “Review: The Party by Robyn Harding”
Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Title: The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Publisher: Balzer and Bray/Harperteen Publication Date: February 28, 2017 ISBN: 9780062498533 Synopsis from Goodreads: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses theContinue reading “Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas”
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 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: A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
Title: A Reunion of Ghosts Author: Judith Claire Mitchell Publisher: Harper Publication Date: March 2015 ISBN: 9780062355881 Synopsis from Goodreads: In the waning days of 1999, the Alter sisters—Lady, Vee, and Delph—finalize their plans to end their lives. Their reasons are not theirs alone; they are the last in a long line of Alters whoContinue reading “Review: A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell”
Review: Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Here I Am Author: Jonathan Safran Foer Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada Publication Date: September 6, 2016 ISBN: 9780735232938 Synopsis from Goodreads: How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew andContinue reading “Review: Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer”
Review: Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devin
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Tell Me Something Real Author: Calla Devin Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 30, 2016 ISBN: 9781481461153 Synopsis from Goodreads: Three sisters struggle with the bonds that hold their family together as they face a darkness settling over theirContinue reading “Review: Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devin”
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