Category: review

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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Review: The Girl Who Beat ISIS by Farida Khalaf

8 March 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review: The Girl Who Beat ISIS by Farida Khalaf

Author: Farida Khalaf with Andrea C. Hoffman (trans. from German by Jamie Bulloch) Title: The Girl Who Beat ISIS (The Girl Who Escaped ISIS in the US) Format/Source: Paperback/Library Published: July 2016 Publisher: Square Peg Length: 204 pages Genre: Memoir Why I Read: Spotted in ‘new and noted’ at the library Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | Book Depository I read The Girl Who Beat ISIS in one sitting. Farida Khalaf (not her real name, nor is she the […]

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Review: Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

2 March 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Review: Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

Author: Daniel José Older Title: Shadowshaper (Book 1) Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: June 2015 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Length: 297 pages Genre: YA urban fantasy Why I Read: Heard DJO reading Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | Indiebound | Book Depository I don’t read urban fantasy. That was my main reason for not checking out Shadowshaper. I could see why people would like it, but despite the awesome cover and the positive reviews, the premise didn’t catch my interested. Then […]

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Review: When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin

8 February 2017 / review / 4 Comments
Review: When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin

Author: Grace Lin Title: When the Sea Turned to Silver Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2016 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Length: 370 pages Genre: Middle-grade fantasy Why I Read: Cover + premise Rating: ★★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | Indiebound | Book Depository I had some trouble with this review, as the beauty of this book distracted me from constructing thoughts beyond “It’s so lovely!” When the Sea Turned to Silver exemplifies beauty in both its physical design and story-telling prose. The […]

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