Canada, up until 5 years ago, had a robust cycle of 4 seasons. Now, thanks to climate change, we have two that are fuzzy on either end,...

Mysteries come in many different flavours.

I no longer have room on my shelves for new books.

Every year, on the first day of November, I commit myself to National Novel Writing Month. And every year, invariably within the second...

Carol Shields has always fit in the same box in my brain as Alice Munro and Margaret Laurence - older Canadian women who write stories...

"Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educate

"Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly sensual,"

"Randolph Tiefenthaler insists he had a normal childhood, though he grew up with a father who kept thirty loaded guns in the house."

The sun is shining again. The snow has mostly melted, the grass is mostly mud, and the sky is mostly blue. A lot has happened in this...

I was given these books by a lovely bookstagrammer who traded me a whack of what she called “sexy vampire books” for a whack of what I...

Obviously the title is a rip-off from Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None - and that is where the similarities start and end I’m...

The beginning of June was rough. With George Floyd and the protests, and coronavirus, and the bullshit Trump spews on a daily basis, I...

My partner loves this book. He claims he doesn’t love it THAT much but after he read it, he quoted it to me religiously and worked it...

The Refrigerator Monologues is a gritty collection of stories from the perspectives of dead(ish) girlfriends and wives of superheroes....

Dame Ngaio Marsh is the Dame Agatha Christie of New Zealand. Or Dame Agatha Christie is the Dame Ngaio Marsh of England. Depends whose...

Here’s a book I went into with no preconceived notions about - heck, I didn’t even read the synopsis! I picked it off bookoutlet.ca to...

This series is one of the biggest things in YA/fantasy right now. Sarah J. Maas is beloved in the book community, and this is the one...

Dale Carnegie’s book, published in 1936, is famous - no question. It is one of the best-selling books of all time, even achieving great...

There are few childhood books that can be reread as an adult and inspire the same emotion. My 18-year-old self rated one of my favourite...

My Freshman Year of Life was 2018, when my field placement turned into an actual job, and the addition of a paycheque made my work a lot...

Every Jane Austen book I read becomes my new favourite. “Jane Austen's first novel—published posthumously in 1818—tells the story of...

I should say I love a smart, sarcastic fat girl protagonist. I am happy she exists. I remember thinking many of the things she thinks...

There are three reasons I don’t buy new books: 1. They’re expensive. 2. People I know and love know that they can buy me books for any...

I have nothing new to say about Margaret Atwood - her praises have been sung far and wide, and for good reason. Her writing is phenomenal...

Have you ever wanted to read a 400-page book in verse? No? … why not??? Honestly, it wasn't something I thought I would be too crazy...

I have been waiting 3 years to read this book. I was waiting for a sad moment when a good YA book could lift my spirits and bring me back...

I don’t know how this book ended up on my shelves. I think my partner brought it to me in a box of used books pulled from the end of a...

When he was 10, my brother was obsessed with the Titanic movie. He watched the second half of our VHS box set (the part where it sinks)...

My partner is one of few people who can learn about a perfect stranger’s culture, religion, politics, and favourite food within the first...

My library is organized alphabetically by last name. This is a new development, as I have just acquired a big beautiful dinged-up...

Thank you for visiting my brand-new blog! There's no escaping COVID-19. It is the dark cloud hanging over most of our heads as we attempt...

(Disclaimer: I wrote this on my beginner blog in 2015 at the age of 18. I haven't changed much.) Reeling from the impact of the last...

(Disclaimer: I wrote this on my beginner blog in 2015 at the age of 18. I haven't changed much.) Now to abruptly change pace here… for my...

(Disclaimer: I wrote this on my beginner blog in 2015 at the age of 18. I haven't changed much.) The Symptoms of My Insanity. Such a...