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Review: Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

22 March 2015 / review / 0 Comments
Review: Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

Author: Thomas KingTitle: Green Grass, Running WaterFormat/Source: ebook/LibraryPublished: March 1993Publisher: Houghton MifflinLength: 469 pagesGenre: Humour + magical realismWhy I Read: CBC Books’ pick for March; want to read more Indigenous literatureRead If You’re: Appreciative of a different sort of humour; interested in Indigenous storiesQuote: “I am very sleepy, says Thought Woman, and then she goes back to sleep. Hee-hee, says that River. Hee-hee.” (198).Rating:  ★★★★ [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound […]

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Reread Review: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

19 March 2015 / review / 1 Comment
Reread Review: White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

Author: Helen OyeyemiTitle: White is for WitchingFormat/Source: Hardcover/my copyPublished: June 2009Publisher: PicadorLength: 230 pagesGenre: Contemporary + magical realismWhy I Read: Ready for my annual rereadRating:  ★★★★★ [ratings guide]Second book for the Reread Challenge Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon I love this book so much that I refuse to discuss it. Even if you loved it as much as I did, I don’t want to hear about it. Perhaps you […]

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Review: Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

5 March 2015 / review / 4 Comments
Review: Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

Author: Eden RobinsonTitle: Monkey BeachFormat/Source: ebook/KoboPublished: April 2002Publisher: Mariner BooksLength: 384 pagesGenre: Contemporary fiction (magical realism?)Why I Read: CBC Books group read for FebruaryRead If You’re: A fan of B.C. as a setting; interested in Indigenous literature Rating:  ★★★½ [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon One of my goals this year is to read more books by Indigenous Canadian authors. I’m happy this book was chosen for CBC Books’ […]

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Review: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

26 February 2015 / review / 6 Comments
Review: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Author: V.E. SchwabTitle: A Darker Shade of MagicFormat/Source: ebook/Amazon Published: February 2015Publisher: TorLength: 400 pagesGenre: Magical fantasyWhy I Read: Excited to keep reading after the sneak peakRead If You’re: Fantasy/magic fan, of the Gaiman varietyQuote: “The wall gave way and the traveller and the thief stepped forward and through.” (49%)Rating:  ★★★★ [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon Whoop whoop. Now that it’s released and I’ve read the whole […]

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Review: The Third Plate by Dan Barber

24 February 2015 / review / 8 Comments
Review: The Third Plate by Dan Barber

Author: Dan BarberTitle: The Third PlateFormat/Source: eBook/LibraryPublished: May 2014Publisher: Penguin PressLength: 496 pagesGenre: Non-fictionWhy I Read: Interested in food; haven’t read a book like this in agesRead If You’d: Like to learn about improving a food’s flavour or how eat more ‘naturally’Quote: “The food chain is actually more like a set of Olympic rings. They all hang together.” (33)Rating: ★★★½ [ratings guide]Challenges: Foodies Read 2015 GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon […]

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