Back in April, on one of the first days that really started to feel like Spring, Andrea (Cozy Up With a Good Read) and I met up after work to head down to Ania Szado’s book launch for her novel Studio Saint Ex. Held at the gorgeous Ben McNally bookstore, I was immediately taken with [...]
Blog Tour Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The unthinkable has happened. After 4 previous waves that have taken out most of humanity, Cassie is seemingly among the few left on Earth struggling to survive. She has learned the hard way not to trust anyone so her survival instincts are put to the test when she meets Evan along the path to rescue [...]
Review: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
After being dumped for the nineteenth time by the nineteenth Katherine, Colin Singleton is devastated. So when Hassan, his overweight non-academically ambitious best friend suggests they go on a road trip to get his mind off things, Colin agrees. They soon find themselves in a small town in Tennessee, befriending a girl named Lindsey and [...]
Recap: Every Never After Book Launch Party with Lesley Livingston
Last Friday, Lesley Livingston hosted her book launch party for Every Never After, the sequel to her 2011 book Once Every Never, over at Dominion on Queen, in the East end of Toronto. Coming from an outing with another friend, I was a bit early and ended up bumping into Siobhan (Conversations of a Reading [...]
Interview: Lesley Livingston
At last Friday’s book launch party for Lesley Livingston’s Every Never After [recap here] out on Queen Street East in Toronto, I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with her for 10 minutes for an interview. It felt a bit strange at first, to do a formal sit-down interview with Lesley since she’s a [...]
Waiting on Wednesday 28
I absolutely loved Khaled Hosseini’s prior two books The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, so I really can’t wait to read this long-awaited third book! And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini From Goodreads: A multigenerational-family story revolving around brothers and sisters, it is an emotional, provocative, and unforgettable novel about how we [...]
Review: Once Every Never by Lesley Livingston
Clarinet Reid, or Clare as she prefers to be called, is sent to live with her aunt in London after a party gone awry. Joined by her best friend Al, along with Al’s uber-nerd-turned-hottie-nerd cousin Milo, the trio find themselves in some dire predicaments when Clare accidentally discovers she can transport back in time. Between [...]
Review: The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
Slight spoiler warning for the books that come before The Indigo Spell since this is part of a series. In this third installment of Richelle Mead’s Bloodlines series, Sydney finds herself conflicted between how she has been brought up to feel about the Moroi versus how she actually feels after a forbidden moment in the [...]
