Quick Review: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

28 February 2015 / brief reviews / 1 Comment
Quick Review: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

Goodreads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon  Book 2 for the 2015 TBR Pile Challenge New Republic review ★★★½ I think I added this book after seeing it featured at Chapters. This is an unusual memoir in that the person […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sneak Peek: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

15 February 2015 / to be read / 7 Comments
Sneak Peek: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Release date: 24 February 2015 (20 February Kindle edition) GoodReads | Chapters | IndieBound | Amazon The first I heard of this book was over at Lone Star on a Lark (Louise has read the whole book, so give her […]

Blogging Discussion: Writing Positive vs. Negative Reviews

12 February 2015 / discussion, thoughts / 6 Comments

Here’s a topic that’s been simmering in my mind since October. I started to contemplate this after posting reviews of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and The Haunting of Hill House. One book I loved and one book I did not […]