Hello everyone! So as you may or may not know, I am an avid reader, I am on Maternity Leave from my job at the Library (which we all know at this point that I won’t be returning to because we are moving!) and I was one of those kids that was always reading (and… Continue reading My Top 10 Books of All Time
*This article is originally from the Fall/Winter edition of Prairie Book NOW magazine, with quotes from the author Becky Citra, copies of the magazine can be found for FREE in bookstores and Libraries across Western Canada, find the current edition online HERE.* Will Poppy is a boy with an extraordinary writing talent, that is until… Continue reading Review of “Griffin of Darkwood” by Becky Citra.
*This article is originally from the Fall/Winter edition of Prairie Book NOW magazine, with quotes from the author Eva Wiseman, copies of the magazine can be found for FREE in bookstores and Libraries across Western Canada, find the current edition online HERE.* When people fantasize about periods of history that they wished they lived in,… Continue reading Review of “Another Me” by Eva Wiseman
After years of my mother pestering me to read Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie, I finally got around to it this past week. Before I begin my actual review, I just want to put it out there that I have personally struggled with the death of a loved one, and if I had read this… Continue reading Life, Death, Forgiveness and Saying Goodbye: Review – Tuesdays with Morrie.
In my series of reviewing Manitoba authors, first up is “Lucky Lou Grooves in a Heartbeat” by Sarah Yates of Winnipeg. *DISCLAIMER*First, I will admit, this is book two in the Lucky Lou series, and I have not read book one – I was sent this in a box of books and have not yet… Continue reading AMANDA READS: Lucky Lou Grooves in a Heartbeat by Sarah Yates
*Published in Prairie Books NOW! Magazine Fall 2015 and includes quotes from the author* Winnipeg author Jodi Carmichael presents a young adult novel that tackles a heavy topic that millions of women and girls face, abuse. We follow 16-year old Julia, who has recently lost her father to cancer and is having a hard time… Continue reading AMANDA READS: Review for FOREVER JULIA by JODI CARMICHAEL
The idea behind this book is that the greatest love story we’ve ever known, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, didn’t end the way we think. Instead of a double suicide as the play depicts, Romeo has murdered Juliet in a deal that would make him immortal, but that immortality has come at a price. We learn… Continue reading AMANDA READS: Book Review for JULIET, IMMORTAL by STACEY JAY
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