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Review: The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

*I received this book from Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Serpent King Author: Jeff Zentner Publisher: Tundra Books Publication Date: March 8, 2016 ISBN: 9781770498839 Synopsis from Goodreads: Dillard Early, Jr., Travis Bohannon and Lydia Blankenship are three friends from different walks of life who have one thing in common: noneContinue reading “Review: The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner”

Review: Everything I Never Told You

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Everything I Never Told You Author: Celeste Ng Publisher: Penguin Books Publication Date: First published in 2014 ISBN: 9780143127550 Synopsis from Goodreads: “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family livingContinue reading “Review: Everything I Never Told You”

Review: Did You Ever Have a Family

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Did You Ever Have a Family Author: Bill Clegg Publisher: Scout Press, and imprint of Simon & Schuster Publication Date: August 2015 ISBN: 9781476798172   Synopsis from Goodreads: On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is completely devastated whenContinue reading “Review: Did You Ever Have a Family”

Review: Grand Menteur

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Grand Menteur Author: Jean Mare Ah-Sen Publisher: BookThug Publication Date: October 2015 ISBN: 9781771661300 Synopsis: The secret world of Mauritian street gangs is not for the faint of heart. Fraught with peril and mischief, its inner workings are a mystery to theContinue reading “Review: Grand Menteur”

Review: Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Title: Still Alice Author: Lisa Genova Publisher: originally self-published, later acquired by Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 2007 ISBN: 9780595440092 Synopsis from Goodreads: Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she’s a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successfulContinue reading “Review: Still Alice by Lisa Genova”

Book Club 6: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Titles: Life After Life Author: Kate Atkinson Publisher: Bond Street Books Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780385671378 Synopsis from Goodreads: What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take herContinue reading “Book Club 6: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson”

Review: The Night Stages by Jane Urquhart

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Night Stages Author: Jane Urquhart Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication Date: April 7, 2015 ISBN: 9780771094422 Synopsis from Goodreads: Set mainly in a remote area of County Kerry in the ’40s and ’50s, Jane Urquhart’s stunning new novel is at onceContinue reading “Review: The Night Stages by Jane Urquhart”

Review: The Sunken Cathedral by Kate Walbert

*I received a copy from Simon & Schuster Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Sunken Cathedral Author: Kate Walbert Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: June 2015 ISBN: 9781476799322 Synopsis from Goodreads: Marie and Simone, friends for decades, were once immigrants to the city, survivors of World War II in Europe. Now widows livingContinue reading “Review: The Sunken Cathedral by Kate Walbert”

Review: The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan

*I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Illuminations Author: Andrew O’Hagan Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House Canada Publication Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN: 9780771068331 Synopsis from Goodreads: Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearingContinue reading “Review: The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan”