True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change by Jody Wilson-Raybould has been on my tbr for a couple years now and I’m so glad I finally read it.True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change by Jody Wilson-Raybould has been on my tbr for a couple years now and I’m so glad I finally read it. This is essential reading! I listened to the audiobook which is narrated by the author. I liked the straight forward writing. This book delves into the history of the Indian Act and residential schools and the colonization of Canada. I liked the inclusion of a reading list and this line that “true reconciliation doesn’t happen once a year on a holiday�. I’m eager to read her new book too! I already got a copy!
Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada Audiobooks via NetGalley for my copy!...more
I loved reading BEAST by Richard Van Camp last month! This YA horror was the perfect October read! I was so excited to read this book since I loved hiI loved reading BEAST by Richard Van Camp last month! This YA horror was the perfect October read! I was so excited to read this book since I loved his short story collection Moccasin Square Gardens and it was so lovely that Moccasin Square Gardens is mentioned in this book too. I loved the 1986 setting and all the fun music and movie references such as Mr. Roboto and The Outsiders. The grotesque description of the dead one was just the right amount of horror. I liked how the main character, seventeen year old Lawson, is dealing with so much as a teen; his crush, his grief of losing his mother, his connection to his Dogrib community in the Northwest Territories and upholding the treaty between his band and the Chipewyan. I loved this novel’s focus on storytelling, ancestry and friendships. And it’s so fun that Lawson’s playlists are included!
I finished reading A PERFECT DAY FOR A WALK: The History, Cultures, and Communities of Vancouver, on Foot by Bill Arnott last night and loved it! It’sI finished reading A PERFECT DAY FOR A WALK: The History, Cultures, and Communities of Vancouver, on Foot by Bill Arnott last night and loved it! It’s the perfect nonfiction November read for someone like me who lives in Vancouver! It was so fun to read about Bill’s perspective of Vancouver while also learning more about the history. It was interesting to read about the areas I’ve walked around so many times such as West End and Coal Harbour in downtown. I loved the inclusion of pictures which also showcased Bill’s perspective with his own photos and historical photos from the City of Vancouver archives. Some photos dating back to the 1910s. It was also so nice to meet Bill at the Vancouver Writers Festival last month at Granville Island!
Thank you to Arsenal Pulp Press and ZG Reads for my copy!...more
THE LADY IN THE SILVER CLOUD: A Stewart Hoag Mystery by David Handler is a magnetic mystery! Once I started reading this book I was completely sucked THE LADY IN THE SILVER CLOUD: A Stewart Hoag Mystery by David Handler is a magnetic mystery! Once I started reading this book I was completely sucked into this story and finished reading this book in two days! . It’s about writer Stewart “Hoagy� Hoag who investigates the murder of his wealthy, elderly neighbour. This book is actually # 13 in the Stewart Hoag mystery series but it totally works as a stand alone. I haven’t read any of the other books in this series. . There were so many elements I enjoyed in this mystery: - classic mystery novel structure to the plot - setting of New York City in 1993 - wide age range of characters from teenage to elderly - mob ties - Hoagy works with an NYPD Lieutenant which gives him credibility - Hoagy’s adorable and very helpful sidekick basset hound Lulu . I really enjoyed this mystery! Please look up CW before reading. . Thank you to Mysterious Press for my advance reading copy!
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THE LADY IN THE SILVER CLOUD: A Stewart Hoag Mystery by David Handler is a magnetic mystery! Once I started reading this book I was completely sucked into this story and finished reading this book in two days! . It’s about writer Stewart “Hoagy� Hoag who investigates the murder of his wealthy, elderly neighbour. This book is actually # 13 in the Stewart Hoag mystery series but it totally works as a stand alone. I haven’t read any of the other books in this series. . There were so many elements I enjoyed in this mystery: - classic mystery novel structure to the plot - setting of New York City in 1993 - wide age range of characters from teenage to elderly - mob ties - Hoagy works with an NYPD Lieutenant which gives him credibility - Hoagy’s adorable and very helpful sidekick basset hound Lulu . I really enjoyed this mystery! Please look up CW before reading. . Thank you to Mysterious Press for my advance reading copy!...more
I was interested to read THE REPEAT ROOM by Jesse Ball because I enjoyed his other book Autoportrait and this is a wierd story. I didn’t enjoy this onI was interested to read THE REPEAT ROOM by Jesse Ball because I enjoyed his other book Autoportrait and this is a wierd story. I didn’t enjoy this one as much. It’s okay in part one and then part two took a turn and lost me. I like the writing style but not so much the storyline. I would still be interested to read more from this author. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator Erik Bloomquist did a good job. Wtf did I just read?! Thank you to Catapult for my gifted review copy!...more
I was so excited to read The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden because I’ve heard her thrillers are really good and this was my first by her! I enjoyed thiI was so excited to read The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden because I’ve heard her thrillers are really good and this was my first by her! I enjoyed this one! I liked the dual narrators on the audiobook that brought the dual POV to life. The narrators Victoria Connolly and Adam Blanford did a fine job. I liked the dual timelines of before and now. I really enjoyed the mystery of the boyfriends and finding out how the before interconnected to now. The contemporary adventures in online dating were fun. I didn’t love the ending but I’d be interested to read more from this author.
Thank you to the publisher via NetGalley for my ALC!...more
I really enjoy reading translated books because they’re so transporting. I definitely felt that way about this novel. LIVING THINGS by Munir Hachemi tI really enjoy reading translated books because they’re so transporting. I definitely felt that way about this novel. LIVING THINGS by Munir Hachemi translated by Julia Sanches transports you to the south of France as four young men spend the summer working at farms and do some tough labour. I liked how the novel explored friendships, working class dynamics, factory farming, work-life balance and what one summer can do. I really liked how meta the writing is as the narrator compares telling a story to writing fiction and part of this novel is told in diary entries. I liked that there were some fun references like Pulp Fiction and The Simpsons. And I really liked the ending.
Thank you to Coach House Books for my gifted review copy...more
I really enjoyed reading OPACITIES: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar! I don’t consider myself a writer (even though I do write these sI really enjoyed reading OPACITIES: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar! I don’t consider myself a writer (even though I do write these short book reviews) but it was interesting to read these reflections on the writerly practice and friendship. I didn’t know all the writers referenced in this book but the quotes stood for themselves. I loved this quote on page 109: “All books are posthumous, I realized. All writing is ghostwriting.� and on page 137 from Clarice Lispector: “I did not realize you can live without writing.� It’s true as we all write in our lives not formally as authors but in texts, emails and captions. I liked the mentions of repetition and copying which I encounter time and again in books that reference other books and writers.
Thank you to Soft Skull Press for my gifted review copy!...more
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