A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox
Read for: Canadian Book Challenge 4
Intended for recent graduates, this quick little read is a little bit funny and a little bit advice and insight.
Even though I’m not a recent graduate, I definitely found this book to be a worthwhile read. Despite [...]
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge
Hmm…I’m not really sure where to start with this one. At first, I didn’t think I liked it, but as I thought about it more and read about it, it’s starting to grow on me.
So, Henry, an author, published a book a few years ago – [...]
Would You by Marthe Jocelyn
Would You by Marthe Jocelyn
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge
This book is about a teenage girl whose sister is seriously injured when she is hit by a car and the week immediately following the accident. The book was really short and there really wasn’t much more to it.
I didn’t really like this book. I think it [...]
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge and What’s in a Name Challenge
In Sarajevo a cellist is sitting at a window watching his friends and neighours in line for bread when they are all killed by a mortar. He decides to go out into the streets every day at the same [...]
Book Review: Generation A by Douglas Coupland
Generation A by Douglas Coupland
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge
It is in the future (the near future according to the book jacket) and the bees have all disappeared. Then randomly (or not as it turns out) five people across the globe are stung. Each of them are then brought into special isolation rooms to be studied [...]
Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Read for: Canadian Book Challenge 3, What’s in a Name? 3 Challenge
I loved this book! I don’t know how I haven’t heard of it sooner, I know people have been blogging about it because I just read a bunch of reviews, but somehow I’ve missed [...]
Book Review: The Year of the Flood
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Read for: The Canadian Books Challenge
I find the more Atwood I read, the more I appreciate her writing. Sometimes I don’t love the plot but her writing is brilliant. If you’ve read Oryx and Crake you might recognize the setting and some of the characters in this novel. [...]
Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Read for: Banned Books Week, 1% Well Read Challenge, Canadian Books Challenge
The more I read of Atwood, the more I come to realize what a brilliant writer she is. I read a few of her books about ten years ago and I think I just wasn’t ready for them yet. [...]
Book Review: Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel – Another Ten!
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel (sequel to Airborn)
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge
This one was almost as good as the first one. Right from the first page it was action, action, action! This time around the legendary ship Hyperion has been spotted in the air and Matt is the only one who knows the coordinates. The Hyperion [...]
Book Review: Airborn by Kenneth Oppel – A Perfect Ten!
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge
Why haven’t I read this sooner?! I loved the Silverwing books and somehow I just forgot about Kenneth Oppel. Then just last week I read a review somewhere (sorry, I can’t remember where) for the third book in this series and remembered that Oppel is Canadian and realized [...]
