Book Review: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

I’ve just published a review of Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation — a book that has stayed with me long after I finished reading it. Haidt’s exploration of smartphones, social media, childhood, and the mental health of young people feels particularly timely as parents are increasingly navigating questions about screens, algorithms, and when (and how) our children should enter the online world.

As a parent raising a young reader, this one resonated with me in a particularly personal way.

Review: Good as Gone: My Life With Irving Layton

Title: Good as Gone: My Life with Irving Layton Author: Anna Pottier Publisher: Dundurn Press Publication Date: March 14, 2015 ISBN: 9781459728561 Synopsis from Goodreads: While a student at Dalhousie University, Anna Pottier attended a poetry reading featuring Irving Layton. Walking out of the auditorium that night, she knew two things: she wanted more than everContinue reading “Review: Good as Gone: My Life With Irving Layton”

Review: We Should Hang Out Sometime

*I received this novel from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: We Should Hang Out Sometime Author: Josh Sundquist Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: December 23, 2014 ISBN: 9780316251020 Synopsis from Goodreads: A bright, poignant, and deeply funny autobiographical account of coming of age as an amputeeContinue reading “Review: We Should Hang Out Sometime”