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The Book Review: “Since We Fell” by Dennis Lehane.

Thanks to HarperCollinsCanada and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read “Shutter Island” by the author which attracted me to Lehane’s latest book “Since We Fell”. This does not affect my opinion of the…

The Book Review: The Spider and the Fly – A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder by Claudia Rowe.

  Thanks to HarperCollinsCanada and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read “Gone Girl” by the author which attracted me to Rowe’s latest book “The Spider and the Fly”. This does not affect my…

The Book Review: South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami.

”…I didn’t understand then…that I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.” I am a huge Murakami fan and read and enjoyed “South of the Borders, west of the Sun”…

The Book Review: My Wishlist by Grégoire Delacourt

“Jo [her husband] and I are happy, I say, my voice unsteady. We’ve had our ups and downs like all couples, but we’ve managed to get over the bad times. We have two lovely children, a pretty little house, friends, we go on holiday twice…

The Book Review: I’ll Take you There by Wally Lamb.

Thanks to HarperCollinsCanada and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I have read “We are Water” and “She’s Come Undone” by the author which attracted me to Lamb’s latest book “I’ll Take You There”. This does…

Bookstore Bucket List: Black Squirrel Books in Old Ottawa South.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! If you followed my blog for some time, you might have realized that I…

Books. My Top Five Picks for Autumn.

Hello there. I have to study a lot. The picture above is the library at my University where I spent many hours every day. This Master in Linguistics Program is no joke; however, I mentioned earlier that I will always find time to read for…

The Book Review – What Petit Joel Reads: They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel.

  Hey out there. I try to keep my initial blog schedule alive and Sunday I usually wrote a book review. I have read tons of books lately; however, I would like to share what Petit Joel reads these days because I think this book…

The Book Review: Heule Eule by Paul Friester and Philippe Goossens.

Hello and Happy Sunday! A couple of days ago, I visited a friend who has the most amazing book collection for her children. She reads to them every night as I do. Petit Joel and I have this little routine and he even asks me…

The Book Review: The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron.

Hello and Happy Sunday! “Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a day that’s all too real.”…



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