Family Reads: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister select a book for us to read and […]
Brief Thoughts: Urban Dystopia
Are these books technically dystopias? To me they are! If we want to describe them more generally, I’d call them ‘furturistic YA scifi’. In the Unwind Dystology, Neal Shusterman thrilled readers with the story of a society that deals with […]
6 Books on Dying in Modern Times
This is a topic that has been cropping up in my life in unexpected areas. Physician-assisted suicide has been recently legalized in Canada, I taught about assisted suicide when I completed my ESL practicum last fall, and now I’ve unintentionally […]
2 Queer Reads from MG + YA
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she’s not a boy. She knows she’s a girl. George thinks she’ll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class […]
Literary Pilgrimages: Visiting Middle-Earth (Part 1)
Earlier this year, I spent three months travelling around New Zealand. My primary reason for doing so? Exploring locations starring as Middle-earth in Peter Jackson’s films, of course! Come along as I revisit what will likely remain my most extensive […]