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Will I See? A Graphic Novel about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

12 April 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Will I See? A Graphic Novel about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Author: David A. Alexander Robertson Illustrator: GMB Chomichuk Title: Will I See? Format/Source: Paperback/Purchased Published: March 2017 Publisher: Highwater Press Genre: Graphic novel Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there […]

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Gutenberg’s Fingerprint – “Papers, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books”

10 April 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint – “Papers, Pixels, and the Lasting Impression of Books”

Gutenberg’s Fingerprint by Merilyn Simonds Format/Source: Hardcover/Publisher Published: 11 April 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 380 pages Genre: Non-fiction/memoir Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Four seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the […]

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Sputnik’s Children by Terri Favro

8 April 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Sputnik’s Children by Terri Favro

Author: Terri Favro Title: Sputnik’s Children Format/Source: Paperback/Publisher Published: 11 April 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 348 pages Genre: Science fiction in literary clothes Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Cult comic book creator Debbie Reynolds Biondi has been riding the success of her Cold War era–inspired superhero series, Sputnik Chick: Girl with No Past, for more than 25 […]

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Mad Richard by Lesley Krueger

5 April 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Mad Richard by Lesley Krueger

Author: Lesley Krueger Title: Mad Richard Format/Source: Paperback/Publisher Published: 14 March 2017 Publisher: ECW Press Length: 326 pages Genre: Historical fiction Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Called the most promising artist of his generation, handsome, modest, and affectionate, Richard Dadd rubbed shoulders with the great luminaries of the Victorian Age. He grew up along the Medway with Charles […]

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Review: Minds of Winter by Ed O’Loughlin

19 March 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Review: Minds of Winter by Ed O’Loughlin

Author: Ed O’Loughlin Title: Minds of Winter Format/Source: ebook/Netgalley Published: 7 March 2017 Publisher: Quercus Length: 496 pages Genre: Historical fiction Why I Read: Browsing NetGalley, cover + topic caught my attention Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | Wordery   I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Fay Morgan and Nelson Nilsson have each arrived in Inuvik, Canada, about 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Both […]

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