With my son loving animals and being, well, quirky I knew this book would suit him well but didn’t know how much I would enjoy it. This children’s book takes its readers on a trip to a crazy zoo with polar bears wearing shoes, bats flying over cats and many more silliness you’ll need to [...]

J Conrad Guest just let me know he’s given away a book to one very lucky commenter!! Be sure to comment at the end of this review and come back July 5th for your chance to win!! One Hot January takes the reader on a slow moving roller coaster which lets everyone enjoy the view [...]

Fortunately I won this book as I may not have read it otherwise. What a fantastically cute story! It’s no wonder it’s been nominated recently for the John Spray Mystery Award. A Megabyte Mystery to be sure, Dead Bird Through The Cat Door takes readers to the minds of twelve year old twin girls to [...]

After reading this book I immediately knew I had to pass it on to my nephew, it was just that good! The Toymaker’s Son follows a young boy as he deals with the loss of his mother and, in some regard, his father. A terrible situation with hope weaved in, Jean Mills, a fellow Canadian [...]

On the eve of May 21, 2011 I was also on the eve of completing this novel and it struck me – Spindler creater a rapture of sorts on Key West years before that she described perfectly throughout this book. The eerie feeling of deja vu made Dead Run even more exciting of a read [...]

Jason Emerson is a man of many talents who knows his passion. Although I normally sway to interviewing fictional authors I knew I had to find out more about Emerson, his books and articles and what better way to discover more about something than to ask questions? Emerson has studied the Lincoln’s for many years, [...]

Always one to want to read anything by a fellow Canadian author, I remember having Lesley Choyce visit my school ages ago so, despite my not having read a lot of his work, I was always a fan. When I finally had the chance to read a full length novel, after hearing his wonderful children’s [...]

Beatifically poetic from beginning to end with only one poem at the very end. The Sentimentalists is brilliant in a subtle way. Of course this novel caught my attention when I heard the news of it winning the ScotiaBank Giller Prize. What struck me even more was how young Canadian author Johanna Skibsrud was and [...]

Yesterday marked an enjoyable event for many writer’s in my own community and I was honoured to attend. Emerging novelist thanks to the living biography of Sanctuary: The Story of Naturalist Mary Majka getting rave reviews, selling well and most recently being nominated for the Atlantic Independent Booksellers Choice Award, Deborah Carr held a workshop [...]

When I first heard that well-known children’s author wrote a novel for adults I was curious to say the least. A fan of her children’s work and starting with children’s literature but moving to adult myself I knew I needed to read Kiss the Joy as it Flies. So I did but not after I [...]