*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”
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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”
Review: The Half-Brother
Title: The Half-Brother Author: Holly LeCraw Publisher: Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House Canada Publication Date: February 17, 2015 ISBN: 9780385531955 Synopsis from Goodreads: When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped in privilege and tradition. Fresh out of college and barely older than theContinue reading “Review: The Half-Brother”
Review: A Spool of Blue Thread
Title: A Spool of Blue Thread Author: Anne Tyler Publisher: Bond Street Books Publication Date: Feb. 10, 2015 ISBN: 9780385683425 Synopsis from Goodreads: “It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon.” This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family–theirContinue reading “Review: A Spool of Blue Thread”
Funky Cover Friday
I recently reviewed The House I Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell (read review here) and I adore the cover. It’s a perfect representation of the fragility of life and of the balance between contentment and devastation.The egg is the perfect symbol for the Bird family. Death and anger (at oneself and others) threaten to overwhelmContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”
Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
Title: The House We Grew Up In Author: Lisa Jewell Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: August 12, 2014 ISBN: 9781476702995 Synopsis from Goodreads: Meet the Bird family. They live in a honey-colored house in a picture-perfect Cotswolds village, with rambling, unkempt gardens stretching beyond. Pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and tow-headed twins Rory and Rhys all attend theContinue reading “Review: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell”
Worn Pages and Ink 