Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017! A perfect day to kick of my series of Cybils nominee recommendations that will run for the next few weeks. The goal of MCCBD is “to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity, but to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries”. Check out the Twitter chat at 9PM EST to discuss with the state of children’s […]
I have found two more reading challenges to sign up for this year. Both compliment my 2017 reading goals. 2017 Diverse Reads Book Challenge Hosted by Mishma @ Chasing Faerytales and Shelly @ Read, Sleep, Repeat, the purpose of this challenge is to “encourage the reading and support of diverse books and marginalized voices, and therefore this challenge hopes to help you read more diversely in 2017!” I remember seeing […]
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 and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose Lawrence Hill’s Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On being black and white in Canada We had tried reading two novels about Ireland for this month’s Family Reads. Unfortunately, we found […]
Author: Danielle Martin Title: Better Now: Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians Format/Source: ebook/Netgalley Published: 10 January 2017 Publisher: Allen Lane Length: 368 pages Genre: Non-fiction Why I Read: Browsing NetGalley; topic I’m interested in Rating: ★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. DR. DANIELLE MARTIN see the challenges in our […]
I have historically been slow to read ‘new’ releases. I find there can anywhere from one to three years between me adding a yet-to-be-published book to my TBR, and actually getting around to reading it. One of my general priorities this year is to read more front list titles. 2016 gave us a lot of great releases that I have heard so much about, but still haven’t read. Here are […]