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Review: A Robot in the Garden

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. * Title: A Robot in the Garden Author: Deborah Install Publisher: Random House Canada Publication Date: June 30, 2015 ISBN: 9780345815330 Synopsis from Goodreads: What would you do if you found a robot in your back garden? For 34-year-old Ben Chambers theContinue reading “Review: A Robot in the Garden”

Review: Remake by Illima Todd

*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Remake Author: Illima Todd Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publication Date: October 2014 ISBN: 9781609079246 Synopsis from Goodreads: Nine is the ninth female born in her batch of ten females and ten males. By design, her life in Freedom Province is without complications or consequences.Continue reading “Review: Remake by Illima Todd”

Funky Cover Friday

This is one of my favourite covers of this year. I love the style and the colour. The simple robotic arm holding the flower perfectly sums of the sweetness and innocence of the story. This is a light-hearted, funny, and very touching story and this cover perfectly speaks to the overall tone. A Robot inContinue reading “Funky Cover Friday”

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”

Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Watch the Sky Author: Kirsten Hubbard Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: April 7, 2015 ISBN: 9781484708330 Synopsis from Goodreads: The signs are everywhere, Jory’s stepfather, Caleb, says.Red leaves in the springtime. Pages torn from a library book. All the fish in the aquariumContinue reading “Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard”

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 Dead Lands by Benjamin Percy

*I received my copy from Hachette Book Group in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Dead Lands Author: Benjamin Percy Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: April 2015 ISBN: 9781455528240 Synopsis from Goodreads: In Benjamin Percy’s new thriller, a post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout haveContinue reading “Review: The Dead Lands by Benjamin Percy”

Review: Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman

*I received this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Shadow Scale Author: Rachel Hartman Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Publication Date: March 2015 ISBN: 9780375866579 Synopsis from Goodreads: The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human andContinue reading “Review: Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman”

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”