Category: family reads

Family Reads: Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

22 November 2016 / family reads / 2 Comments
Family Reads: Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose Kenneth Oppel’s Every Hidden Thing I had planned to attend Oppel’s talk, reading and signing at McNally Robinson at the end of September. As a Canadian growing up in […]

Family Reads: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

5 September 2016 / family reads, review / 0 Comments
Family Reads: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

  Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister select a book for us to read and discuss.   Sister: I previously read Patrick Ness’ the Chaos Walking trilogy and More Than This. I kept walking past A Monster Calls at work and thought it looked really […]

Family Reads: Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

20 July 2016 / family reads / 0 Comments
Family Reads: Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book.  Why Dad chose this book: It was in my to read on December 25 (WPF review?) and then it was picked for CBC Books group read for June with a high rating […]

Family Reads: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

30 December 2015 / family reads, meme / 2 Comments
Family Reads: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

 Welcome to Family Reads! Family Reads is a monthly feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Posts with a link-up go live around the last Sunday of each month, so feel free to grab the banner and join in however you like. Reno: Sister’s pick this month is House of Leaves, a chunkster that’s been on my TBR list since July 2012. It’s […]

Family Reads: Belonging by Adrienne Clarkson

5 November 2015 / family reads, meme / 0 Comments
Family Reads: Belonging by Adrienne Clarkson

   Welcome to October’s Family Reads! Family Reads is a monthly feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Posts with a link-up go live around the last Sunday of each month, so feel free to grab the banner and join in however you like.     Jenna: Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship is the 2014 entry in CBC Massey Lectures Series. I have […]