*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Killing Commendatore Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Doubleday Canada Publication Date: October 9, 2018 ISBN: 9780385690690 Synopsis from Goodreads:In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of aContinue reading “Book review: Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami”
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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: 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”
Review: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Astonishing Color of After Author: Emily X. R. Pan Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 20, 2018 ISBN: 9780316463997 Synopsis from Goodreads: Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide,Continue reading “Review: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan”
Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons Publication Date: January 9, 2018 ISBN: 9780735213180 Synopsis from Goodreads: If you were told the date of your death, how would it shape your present? It’s 1969 in New York City’s LowerContinue reading “Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin”
Review: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
Title: The Child Finder Author: Rene Denfeld Publisher: Harper Publication Date: September 5, 2017 ISBN: 9780062659071 Synopsis from Goodreads: Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someoneContinue reading “Review: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld”
Review: Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for and honest review.* Title: Defy the Stars Author: Claudia Gray Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: April 4, 2017 ISBN: 9780316394031 Synopsis from Goodreads: Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis. She’s willing to risk anything—including herContinue reading “Review: Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray”
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: 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”
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”
Worn Pages and Ink 