Though it’s a thriller at heart, this is one of those books that seems to somewhat defy categorization. This seems to be upheld by its recent selection for the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, a list that, in the few years I’ve been following it, hasn’t favoured the thriller genre. Before seeing it on
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2019 LONGLIST
The longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 has now been announced! And I managed to guess nearly half of the books on it, so I’m pretty happy about that (and it would have been half except I couldn’t find UK publication dates for one and thought it wasn’t eligible… but I’ll go
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CANADA READS | 2019 LONGLIST, SHORTLIST AND PANEL
It’s that time of year again, the time all literary Canadians have come to anticipate with bated breath. Or at least, this one does. The Shortlist for this year’s Canada Reads debate has been announced, along with this year’s panelists! I’m including the Longlist here as well, because I know I enjoy seeing all
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | MY 2019 LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s nearly time for one of my favourite book awards of the year to announce its 2019 longlist! That’s right, the Women’s Prize for Fiction announcement is coming up on March 4, less than a week from now! I haven’t had the best reading year, so I haven’t read very many books that are
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SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE & MAN BOOKER | 2018 SHORTLISTS
It feels like just yesterday that this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist was announced, but apparently it wasn’t because yesterday saw the shortlist released! This will be a short post because I haven’t yet finished any of the books (the past few weeks have been crazed and reading has somewhat gone out the window
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2018 SHORTLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s nearly here! The Man Booker Prize shortlist is set to be revealed tomorrow, and all of us who follow book prizes are buzzing with guesses and opinions. By the time the shortlist is announced, I will have read three novels in their entirety – Warlight, From a Low and Quiet Sea and Normal
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SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE | 2018 LONGLIST
Yesterday the longlist for one of my favourite literary prizes was announced! It’s the Scotiabank Giller Prize, which is a Canadian prize for fiction. So first, for those of you who aren’t Canadian and/or haven’t heard of the prize before, here’s a little bit about it: The Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WARLIGHT – MICHAEL ONDAATJE
This was, I hate to admit, my first Ondaatje book. I’ve tried a few times in the past to read him, but I’ve never made it very far. I think this was due, in part, to having watched the film adaptation of The English Patient when I was about fifteen and a bit too
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MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2018 LONGLIST
It’s that time of year again – Man Booker season! As you all know, I’m terrible at sticking to a TBR, so I’ve never managed to read more than two books from any longlist. But for some reason, this is one of the prizes that gets me excited every year, even if I know
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WHEN I HIT YOU – MEENA KANDASAMY
This is another of the books on this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction long and shortlists. It’s also the one that, after watching many BookTubers review some or all of the books on the list, I felt was a front-runner to win this year’s prize (it didn’t, Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire did). I decided
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CANADA READS 2018 | FINALE & WINNER
Today was the final day of the Canada Reads 2018 debates! If you’ve missed the past few days you can find all three videos and my thoughts on the progress of the debates here. If you missed the finale, here’s the video (and watch to the end because my question made it into the
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CANADA READS 2018 | DAYS 1, 2 & 3
Canada Reads 2018 is now well underway! The first three days of debates are behind us, and with them three books have already been voted off (amidst a lot of drama and controversy), and we are down to our two finalists. Here’s what happened, in case you missed it! If you have no idea
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CANADA READS REVIEW | FORGIVENESS – MARK SAKAMOTO
This is the true story of Mark Sakamoto’s grandparents’ experiences during WWII and how those experiences shaped their lives – but also how they chose to take back control in spite of them. The first section of the book alternates between two stories. His maternal grandfather’s experiences as a young soldier sent to Hong
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CANADA READS REVIEW | THE MARROW THIEVES – CHERIE DIMALINE
This is a post-apocalyptic young adult novel that takes place in a world where climate change has destroyed the land. The coastlines have moved inwards, waterways have become polluted, and populations have become more and more dense as people were forced to migrate inland. In this world, white people have lost the ability to
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2018 LONGLIST (AND HOW MY GUESSES STACKED UP)
The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018 Longlist has finally been announced! Without any further ado, here it is: H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker The Idiot by Elif Batuman Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Sight by Jessie Greengrass Eleanor Oliphant is
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CANADA READS | 2018 PANELLISTS, LONGLIST AND SHORTLIST
It’s that time of year again! Canada Reads 2018 is just around the corner. There’s just enough time left to dive into the books you want to read from the shortlist before tuning in for this year’s debates, but first, let’s take a look at the longlist and get to know this year’s panellists. Canada
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WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2018 LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
As most of you out there in book world are well aware, this Thursday (March 8th) is the announcement of the 2018 Longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly Bailey’s Prize, formerly Orange Prize). It’s a well-loved prize amongst book bloggers and booktubers because it features books by women, and it often features
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CANADA READS | AN OVERVIEW & LINKS TO PREVIOUS YEARS’ DEBATES
I’ve never really felt all that Canadian. My parents came to Canada just a year before I was born, and didn’t really take to a lot of the quintessentially Canadian pastimes and cultural touch points. Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot I love about my country. It’s beautiful, diverse, full of opportunities
