Category: review

Review: Hannah Kent’s The Good People is a Devastating Read

30 November 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Review: Hannah Kent’s The Good People is a Devastating Read

The Good People by Hannah Kent Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: September 2017 Publisher: Little, Brown Length: 380 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: ★★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery  I waited impatiently over a year for this book to be released in Canada. I first expected it in September 2016 (but that was only the Australian release date), then in December 2016 (but then it got pushed all the way back to September 2017). […]

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Jessica Miller’s Elizabeth and Zenobia Exemplifies Gothic MG

11 October 2017 / review / 9 Comments
Jessica Miller’s Elizabeth and Zenobia Exemplifies Gothic MG

Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller Format/Source: eBook/Netgalley Published: September 2017 Publisher: Amulet Books Length: 208 pages Genre: Middle grade gothic Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. When Elizabeth and her unusual and fearless friend Zenobia arrive at Witheringe House, peculiar things begin to happen. Especially in the forbidden East Wing. The flowers and […]

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Charis Cotter’s The Painting Explores Mother-Daughter Relationships via Time Slip

17 September 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Charis Cotter’s The Painting Explores Mother-Daughter Relationships via Time Slip

The Painting by Charis Cotter Format/Source: eBook/Netgalley Published: 19 September 2017 Publisher: Tundra Books Length: 288 pages Genre: Middle grade time slip Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Annie and her mother don’t see eye to eye. When Annie finds a painting of a lonely lighthouse in their home, she is immediately drawn to it–and her mother […]

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Review of Patina by Jason Reynolds

29 August 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review of Patina by Jason Reynolds

Patina by Jason Reynolds Series: Track #2 Format/Source: ARC/Publisher Published: 29 August 2017 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Length: 240 pages Genre: Middle grade contemporary Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons—to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she’s been sent to […]

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Understanding The American Right in Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

10 August 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Understanding The American Right in Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: August 2016 Publisher: New Press Length: 351 pages Genre: Non-fiction Rating: ★★★★½ Goodreads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I read Strangers in Their Own Land in June. I haven’t been able to stop talking about it. When I first heard of this book, I immediately put it on hold at the library. I once thought […]

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