I stumbled across this book and was intrigued by the idea that maybe someone out there had captured what life feels like when you have a health issue or mental health episode. It wasn’t quite what I expected, but it was close. May talks about periods in her life when something goes wrong – READ MORE
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS – DAWN FRENCH
I picked this up after reading and (mostly) enjoying French’s newest book, Because of You. I was curious about some of her older books, plus I enjoyed the audiobook and wanted another fun listen. This book is about a woman who is stuck in her marriage and flumoxed by her teenaged kids – which READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BECAUSE OF YOU – DAWN FRENCH
This is going to be a short review because I read this book a few months ago, and the details have gotten a bit fuzzy. I love Dawn French. Particularly right now – her short Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown revival and her podcast with Jennifer Saunders, Titting About, have been two of the READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SHE CAME TO SLAY – ERICA ARMSTRONG DUNBAR
For Black History Month, I wanted to learn more about some of the people who worked for freedom and civil rights. Harriet Tubman is a name I know, but I didn’t know the details of her life. So I decided to read this book and pair it with the film, Harriet. This book is READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE NIGHT WATCHMAN – LOUISE ERDRICH
Louise Erdrich is a name I feel like I’ve heard many times for so long I can’t remember first hearing it. I’ve had at least two of her other books on my shelves for years – if not decades at this point – and yet this is the first of her books I’ve actually READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MONOGAMY – SUE MILLER
This book isn’t my usual type of book. It’s entirely about a family and the drama that occurs between them, the emotions they each struggle with because of that drama (and their own issues) and how the family shifts and changes over time. Our main characters are Graham, a bookshop owner and Annie, his READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | INTERIOR CHINATOWN – CHARLES YU
I hadn’t heard of this book until I saw it on the BookTube Prize longlist. Since I’m hoping to make my way through a few of the books on the list before next round, I found the audiobook version of this and thought I’d give it a try. I was hooked. I’m actually really READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM – YAA GYASI
I always meant to read Homegoing – I even started it a couple of times – but for some reason I wasn’t able to get very far. I found the audiobook of Transcendent Kingdom available from my library, and it seemed like time for me to give Gyasi’s work another try. It’s really hard READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE – SOLOMON NORTHUP
I never really planned to read this book, but it’s Black History month and I saw it on the shelf… it felt like the right time. I’m sure most of you know all about this book because it was made into a film a few years ago, but just in case, here’s the basics. READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE MAGIC PLACE – CHRIS WORMELL
This is a middle grade book that evokes all the delightfully terrifying aspects of the children’s books I remember reading when I was a kid. It is the story of a young orphan, Clementine, who is being kept captive by her aunt and uncle – the type of old school storybook villains that will READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SALT PATH – RAYNOR WINN
As I’m sure all of you can attest to, 2020 has been rough. There is the whole pandemic thing, but on top of that both my daughter and I have had multiple health issues to contend with, our house has needed ongoing work, and we are stuck at home, mostly inside, trying to fill READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WE ARE THE WEATHER – JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
I’ve never read Jonathan Safran Foer’s work before, but as a vegetarian, I have been told about his book Eating Animals many, many times. After reading Fast Food Nation, however, I felt like I’d had enough on the subject (I’m already a vegetarian, I don’t need all the horrific details of how factory chickens READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOW TO BE BLACK – BARATUNDE THURSTON
I have tried to read this book a few times. I first picked it up a few years ago and got about a third of the way through it. Then earlier this year I tried again, and got only a tiny bit further. I enjoyed it both times, but there was something about it READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE FIRE NEXT TIME – JAMES BALDWIN
This book is tiny. Standing at just 89 pages, it can easily be read in a single day – if not a single sitting. But don’t let that fool you. This is likely going to be one of the most impactful, important books you’ve ever read in your life. I, much to my shame, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT – BECKY ALBERTALLI
I’ve had this sitting on my shelf for YEARS, but by the time I got it I had mostly forgotten what happened in Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and didn’t have a clue who Leah even was (I had forgotten who Blue was as well, and even that he was called Blue, so READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HELLO I WANT TO DIE PLEASE FIX ME – ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Since yesterday was World Mental Health day, I thought now would be a good time to bring this book to your attention, as it is a great one on the topic. As those of you who have been here for a while know, mental health is of interest to me. Both because I find READ MORE
RE-READ REVIEW | SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA – BECKY ALBERTALLI
After re-reading and very much enjoying The Fault In Our Stars, I decided to follow it up with another YA book I had enjoyed (also because I had been meaning to re-read it so I could get to the sequel properly contextualized). Enter Simon. This was one of the first YA books I read READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SKIN WE’RE IN – DESMOND COLE
This review is going to be short, because there’s really only one thing to say: Read this book. Here’s why. This book takes us through 2017, looking at some of the instances of racism that happened each month of that year in Canada (mostly in Ontario). Each of these instances was shocking, catastrophic and READ MORE