![When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/when-women-were-dragons-family-reads-1024x576.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Why we chose Kelly Barnhill’s When Women Were Dragons Ash and I went for out for breakfast one day in February. We wandered into a nearby bookstore, where When Women Were Dragons was on display. Ash mentioned it was on her TBR – she thought the cover was gorgeous and liked that it’s a standalone. It was also on my TBR. As a fan of Barnhill’s middle grade work (see: […]
![The Winter Garden by Alexandra Bell [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/the-winter-garden-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
On the night her mother dies, 8-year-old Beatrice receives an invitation to the mysterious Winter Garden. A place of wonder and magic, filled with all manner of strange and spectacular flora and fauna, the garden is her solace every night for seven days. But when the garden disappears, and no one believes her story, Beatrice is left to wonder if it were truly real. Eighteen years later, on the eve […]
![Bad Cree by Jessica Johns [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-reads-bad-cree.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Why we chose Jessica Johns’ Bad Cree While we were driving home from a winter activity during Christmas holidays, we heard a countdown on CBC Radio of the top selling Canadian books of 2023. Bad Cree came in at number 6. Johns spoke about how the novel originated as a short story. She described how the story grew around a woman who found herself bringing objects from her dreams into […]
![Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/notes-on-an-execution-family-reads.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Why we chose Danya Kukafka’s Notes on an Execution Ash had a lot of library books checked out at the end of 2023, including this one. She had checked it out because she’d seen it on several “Best Reads of 2023” lists. When I asked her which book we should do for Family Reads, she suggested I choose a book from her current check outs. I went with Notes on […]
![Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/once-upon-a-river-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Why we chose Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River Mom and I have been struggling to choose a book for Family Reads for half of 2023. Mom would select a book, start reading it, and then decide it wasn’t a good fit. I would select a book, search the library catalogues for it, and find it was unavailable. Finally, December 1 came around. I decided to make an executive decision. […]