Closing Survey Which hour was most daunting for you? Hour 8 – I had a short nap, which I thought would be good, but when I tried to go outside, I decided to go back to bed and slept for another hour and a half… Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a reader engaged for next year? I did really well at choosing books suitable […]
Hosted by Lory @ Emerald City Book Review Back in March, Lory announced she would once again be inviting readers to celebrate the birthday of Elizabeth Goudge by reading one of her works and sharing their thoughts. I hadn’t heard of Goudge, so I ventured over to Wikipedia and learnt that one of the works she is most known for is called The Little White Horse, a children’s novel I would classify […]
Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner Format/Source: eBook/Netgalley Published: 11 April 2017 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Length: 336 pages Genre: Fiction/historical Rating: ★★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Leaving the safety of America, Teera returns to Cambodia for the first time since her harrowing escape as a child refugee. She carries a letter from a man […]
I have a little table in my reading nook where I pile up my high priority TBRs. This pile is usually two or three books high. Mostly it consists of new releases I’m excited about or library books due back soon. Lately, the pile has grown faster than I can keep up with it so I thought I’d do a run down of what’s waiting for me. The stack in the photo below […]
Author: David A. Alexander Robertson Illustrator: GMB Chomichuk Title: Will I See? Format/Source: Paperback/Purchased Published: March 2017 Publisher: Highwater Press Genre: Graphic novel Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there […]