Book Reviews

I typically post between two and three book reviews a week. Please refer to my review policy if you’d like to submit a book for consideration. I invite you to subscribe to my newsletter to get a summary of my reviews once  a month.

Book Review: The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt

Book Review: The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt

Books about books will always pique my interest, but when highly lauded author Patrick deWitt releases one, I get even more excited. I had really high hopes for The Librarianist and it did not disappoint. It's a quiet novel about a quiet man, with glimpses of humour...

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Book Review: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Book Review: Women Talking by Miriam Toews

The bestselling Women Talking by Miriam Toews is one of those books that I never read when it first came out in 2018, but have wanted to ever since, especially based on the success of its film version this past year. A popular Canadian author, Toews is often on the...

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Book Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

Book Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

I’ve read a few Catherine McKenzie novels so far; Please Join Us is her 13th book. She’s known for writing thrillers, none of them gory or violent, but definitely page-turners. I read this latest in approximately 24 hours – I was up at the cottage on vacation, it had...

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Book Review: The Merry Widow Murders by Melodie Campbell

Book Review: The Merry Widow Murders by Melodie Campbell

I’m not sure what it says about me when I proclaim cozy mysteries as one of my favourite genres to read. Apparently I love murder, but only when it happens to the bad guys. And I love it even more when a kind, unlikely community member is the one who investigates and...

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Book Review: Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones

Book Review: Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones

Although I stay mostly off social media these days, I dip into Twitter every now and then, which piqued my interest in the new release from Canadian author Amy Jones. Pebble & Dove is her latest novel, which is a lighthearted take on family politics and the bonds...

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Book Review: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

Book Review: Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

Quickly becoming one of my 'must read everything authors', Samantha Irby has released a new book of essays just in time for the start of my summer reading. Quietly Hostile looks like her other books; a bright cover with a random animal on the front, and it reads...

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Book Review: Coq by Ali Bryan

Book Review: Coq by Ali Bryan

Before you begin to wonder if I've taken a sharp turn in my reading interests, let me assure you this title is a reference to the city the characters travel to: Paris. The use of 'rooster' itself isn't that obvious in Coq by Ali Bryan, instead it's an invitation to...

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Book Review: Mad Honey by Katie Welch

Book Review: Mad Honey by Katie Welch

It's hard to define Mad Honey by Katie Welch in terms of genre; we begin with a literary novel steeped in family history and resentment, slowly move into the territory of a mystery, and end up in the world of a thriller. Despite these leaps, the plotting is well done...

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Book Review: Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Book Review: Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

I've got some promising horror books on my shelf at the moment, so I thought I'd clear some of them away before spooky season in the Fall brings even more my way. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns was a big spring book here in Canada; everyone was talking about it, and I was...

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