Title: SpareAuthor: Prince Harry, Duke of SussexPublisher: Random House of CanadaPublication Date: January 10, 2023ISBN: 9781039003750 Synopsis:Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press forContinue reading “Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex”
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Book Review: Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Tracking the Caribou QueenAuthor: Margaret MacphersonPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: October 15, 2022ISBN: 9781774390610 ——- Synopsis:In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexaminedContinue reading “Book Review: Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson”
Book Review: Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Go to Sleep (I Miss You)Author: Lucy KnisleyPublisher: First Second Publication Date: February 25, 2020 ISBN: 9781250211491 Synopsis from Goodreads:Following the completion of her pregnancy memoir KID GLOVES (and the birth of her baby), Lucy embarked on a new project: documenting newContinue reading “Book Review: Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley”
Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Title: BecomingAuthor: Michelle ObamaPublisher: CrownPublication Date: November 2018ISBN: 9780241334140 Synopsis from Goodreads:In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhoodContinue reading “Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama”
Book Review: South Away by Meaghan Marie Hackinen
*I receive this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: South AwayAuthor: Meaghan Marie HackinenPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: October 15, 2019ISBN: 9781988732633 Synopsis from Goodreads:South Away is an adventure story of the author’s bicycle trip with her sister from Terrace, BC along the West coast to (almost) the tip of the Baja Peninsula.Continue reading “Book Review: South Away by Meaghan Marie Hackinen”
Book Review: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: We Have Always Been Here Author: Samra Habib Publisher: Viking Publication Date: June 4, 2019 ISBN: 9780735235007 Synopsis from Goodreads:Samra Habib has spent most of her life searching for the safety to be herself. As an Ahmadi Muslim growing up inContinue reading “Book Review: We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib”
Book review: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
*I received this book from the distributor in exchange for an honest review.* Title: All You Can Ever Know Author: Nicole Chung Publisher: Catapult Publication Date: October 2, 2018 ISBN: 9781936787975 Synopsis from Goodreads:What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung wasContinue reading “Book review: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung”
Book review: Educated by Tara Westover
Title: Educated Author: Tara Westover Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: February 20, 2018 ISBN: 9780399590504 Synopsis from Goodreads: Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare forContinue reading “Book review: Educated by Tara Westover”
Review: Landwhale by Jes Baker
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Landwhale Author: Jes Baker Publisher: Seal Press Publication Date: May 8, 2018 ISBN: 9781580056816 Synopsis from Goodreads: Jes Baker burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types–a moveContinue reading “Review: Landwhale by Jes Baker”
Review: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Title: Yes Please Author: Amy Poehler Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: October 24 ISBN: 9780062268341 Synopsis from Goodreads: In Amy Poehler’s highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice (some useful, some not so much), likeContinue reading “Review: Yes Please by Amy Poehler”
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