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Review: You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris

5 February 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review: You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris

Author: Antoine Leiris (trans. Sam Taylor) Title: You Will Not Have My Hate Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2016 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 129 pages Genre: Memoir Why I Read: Read an excerpt Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Book Depository In November 2015, Antoine Leiris’s wife Hélène was killed in the attack on the Bataclan Theatre. Their son Melvil was 17 months old at the time. You Will Not Have My Hate, a slim volume of […]

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Review: The Wizard’s Dog by Eric Kahn Gale

31 January 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Review: The Wizard’s Dog by Eric Kahn Gale

Author: Eric Kahn Gale Title: The Wizard’s Dog Format/Source: ebook/Publicist Published: 17 January 2017 Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Length: 288 pages Genre: Middle-grade fantasy Why I Read: Light-hearted fantasy – something I needed! Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | Amazon I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. Meet Nosewise. He’s spunky. He’s curious. And he’s a dog who can’t understand why his pack mates […]

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Review: Better Now by Danielle Martin

17 January 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Better Now by Danielle Martin

Author: Danielle Martin Title: Better Now: Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians Format/Source: ebook/Netgalley Published: 10 January 2017 Publisher: Allen Lane Length: 368 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I Read: Browsing NetGalley; topic I’m interested in Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. DR. DANIELLE MARTIN see the challenges in our […]

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Review: Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

27 December 2016 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

Author: Kat Howard Title: Roses and Rot Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: May 2016 Publisher: Saga Press Length: 320 pages Genre: Contemporary fantasy Rating: ★★½ GoodReads | IndieBound | Indigo  Rose and Rot turned out to be very different from what I expected. I had heard some general things about it around the blogosphere prior to its release date, enough to persuade me to put it on hold without investigating further. Key […]

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Review: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

23 December 2016 / review / 3 Comments
Review: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Author: Kelly Barnhill Title: The Girl Who Drank the Moon Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: August 2016 Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers Length: 388 pages Genre: Middle grade fantasy Why I Read: Liked the description Rating: ★★★★★ GoodReads | IndieBound | Indigo | The Book Depository   This is going to be one of those ‘reviews’ where I just gush about what I love without much critical thinking. The Girl Who Drank the […]

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