The Liar’s Dictionary: An Unusual Work of Literary Fiction [Review]

7 February 2021 / review / 13 Comments
The Liar’s Dictionary: An Unusual Work of Literary Fiction [Review]

I received a free copy for review from the publisher via NetGalley. The Liar’s Dictionaryby Eley WilliamsSource: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: 5 Jan. 2021Publisher: Knopf Canada (PRH Canada)Length: 288 pages Genre: Historical/ contemporary fictionTarget Age: Adult (suitable for 16+)#OwnVoices: wlw Summary 💬 Peter Winceworth is a lexicographer in Victorian-era London, toiling away at the letter S for a multi-volume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Secretly, he begins to insert unauthorized fictitious entries into the dictionary in an attempt to assert […]

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January 2021 Month In Review

1 February 2021 / month in review / 16 Comments
January 2021 Month In Review

Hello! I’m back. Apparently I needed a break to readjust to working life. I still need to figure out how to balance blogging with my work from home days, in which I spend seven hours sitting at the computer. Books Finished Posts Written Shared on Twitter On My Radar in February #OwnVoices indicated below AFAIK (I haven’t read these books). Please notify me of any errors or places where I […]

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The Last Voyage of the Karluk [NF List]

10 January 2021 / list / 9 Comments
The Last Voyage of the Karluk [NF List]

In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled Karluk departed Canada for the western Arctic. On board were 10 scientists, 13 crewmembers, four Inuit hunters, one seamstress, her two children, and one passenger. Of these, 11 never returned and most were not heard from again until September 1914. During their 13-month exile, expedition members survived for seven months amid the drifting and inhospitable Arctic ice floes before establishing camp on an […]

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The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]

5 January 2021 / review / 14 Comments
The Appeal of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor [MG Review]

Preamble This post sat in my drafts for just over a year. Cybils judging introduced me to Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow in January 2019. I had heard some buzz around the book prior to that. I thought it couldn’t possibly be as good as everyone made it out to be. Hah! Well. I had good intentions to review the book after it was announced the Cybils winner, but […]

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December 2020 In Review

3 January 2021 / month in review, thoughts / 11 Comments
December 2020 In Review

Overview My December started with a job interview and ended with an offer of returning to the job I left in March. 😄 This week I return to being a FT children’s librarian, at the location where I previously worked for five months. I dreamed that would happen but never imagined it would. You should have seen me dancing around my apartment when I go the news… As for Christmas […]

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