Here are the latest titles I’m recommending (and in case you’re new here, if I don’t like a book I read – whether I’ve purchased it or received it from a publisher for review – it doesn’t make the cut. This blog is about the things I love!) The Empty Room by Lauren B. Davis […] Read more…
So, I’m a little embarrassed to say that this is the first book I’ve read from Canadian-born Tish Cohen. The funny thing is, when publishers contact me about adult fiction, I usually pass, since I’m quite picky about what I like, and don’t want to waste my time. When I was asked if I wanted […] Read more…
So, I just read The Great Gatsby for the first time (yes, because of the movie!) and I realized that I really haven’t read many English classics. I was a French major, so most of my English lit was studied in high school, where I remember poetry, a lot of modern selections, and Shakespeare (specifically […] Read more…
In addition to about 20 magazines (they are my motivation for the treadmill), I read three books over the March Break: {Note: it didn’t really take me this long to write the post – I had to hold off on publishing it until closer to the release date for one of the books.} Confessions of […] Read more…
Wait! Don’t surf away/delete this e-mail just because you aren’t Catholic. Or Christian. Or a believer at all. Even if that is the case, I would be hard pressed to believe that there isn’t a single tidbit of advice, encouragement or support for you to glean from any of the quotes below. Give the words a chance […] Read more…
Yeah, so I went to a Book Launch a couple of weeks ago. No biggie. Okay, fine, it was the first time I’ve been to one and I thought it was totally cool! I follow parenting author and humorist Kathy Buckworth on Twitter, and I find her both entertaining and truly funny. (She has even made it […] Read more…
Nia Vardalos’ new book, “Instant Mom”, is about adoption. But let me be clear: it is not just about adoption. It’s more of a hybrid parenting/humour/autobiography-she-didn’t-want-to-write type of book. And you should read it. I mean first of all, the woman is fun-ny. While I sobbed at several parts (when her daughter first calls her “Mommy”, for example), Nia’s trademark self-deprecating humour […] Read more…
Here are some more book recommendations, courtesy of my lovely 11 year old niece, “Anastasia”: Twelve Kinds Of Ice by Ellen Eryan Obed, illustrations by Barbara McClintock Summary: Twelve kinds of ice demonstrates the beautiful stages of ice in the wintertime, and how amazing ice just is. Enjoyable and understandable, this book is surely a […] Read more…
I first read “Le Petit Prince” in high school, and since then it has topped the list of my favourite books. I love author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s characters, and more importantly I love the stories they tell…and the subtext beneath them. To be honest, I think the fact that I first read it in French made […] Read more…
Giveaway open to Canadians. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: kids LOVE reading nonfiction. While I’ve seen many girls (in my classroom and home) who enjoy reading factual information, boys especially seem drawn to this genre, and Scholastic is ready for them. I was sent samples of Scholastic’s new Discover More series […] Read more…