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I don’t follow American politics too closely; it’s depressing (especially now), and it feels helpless knowing I’m up in Canada and can only watch in horror. Maybe because I’m disengaged from the nitty gritty of it, I found myself picking up the political thriller The Last Election by Andrew Yang and Stephen Marche which I…
Summertime reading means different things to different people. For me, it means I pick up books that are meant to be ‘fun’, and the fake blood dripping down the cover of this book shouted ‘fun in a different way’ at me. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie also incorporates a…
A unique premise of a book always draws my attention, simply because there are SO many books being published these days, it feels like many are a recycling of older themes and ideas. But when A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke was pitched to me, I immediately asked for it because…
The latest book by Canadian author Emily Austin titled Interesting Facts About Space may not have as clever a title as her last book, Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead, but its got the same sense of quirky humour and another slightly relatable and memorable protagonist. Both her books are very similar in…
We’re just about into summer vacation here in my house and I was looking for something lighter (but with murder), so I picked up The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding. Thriller readers in Canada will recognize Harding’s name as she has written seven other books, most of them in this genre, and they often hit…
For those who grew up in Ontario, Canada, most will recall the notorious case of the killer and serial rapist, Paul Bernardo. Behind You by Catherine Hernandez is about that time, but it is most definitely not about Paul himself. Instead, it is a work of fiction that examines society’s expectations of young women during…
This blog post is a book review and summary of The Husbands by Holly Gramazio book published in April 2024
Thank you to all my fellow bloggers, book lovers, and readers for sticking with me for 11 years of Ivereadthis.com! Hard to believe this is the 1000th post on here, as this time has flown for me. I’ve “met” wonderful bloggers from all around the world through this website, landed a monthly book segment on…
Have you ever read a book and cringed, because you recognize bits of yourself in a character, but that character is clearly doing the wrong thing? I had this unfortunate experience when reading Avalanche by Jessica Westhead; a short story collection all about white ladies who are trying to be politically correct, but end up…
There was no doubt in my mind that I would like this book. I had heard of Benjamin Stevenson before, mainly because his first book Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone was so popular (and had a memorable title) and his writing was also humourous, so it was likely that I would enjoy his…
When I first saw this upcoming release in the publisher’s catalogue, I got really excited. I’ve read books by both Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti and really enjoyed them, so that’s check number one in the ‘promising’ category. Check number two is that their first book together is a mystery set in cottage country –…
I bought this book because I adored the first in the “Maid” series by Nita Prose so much. The Mystery Guest begins a few years after The Maid ended; and if you loved reading about Molly’s adventures then, you’ll appreciate her character development even more in this latest bestseller. This book is an added delight…
