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.
Author Interview: Gilly Macmillan
Gilly Macmillan is a New York Times bestselling author, and her latest book is called Odd Child Out, which I devoured a few weeks ago in anticipation of this interview. Her latest novel features returning detective Jim Clemo who is faced with a difficult case; two...
Video Book Review: The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
It's been awhile since I've posted to booktube, so I got my butt in gear and filmed another review full of 'ums' for you all to cringe through*. The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld is everywhere right now, I believe it's currently at the top of the Canadian bestseller...
Book Review: Brother by David Chariandy
I loved this book. Brother by David Chariandy is a must-read, and I completely understand why it's making all the prize lists this Fall. It recounts the childhood and early adulthood of a sensitive Michael, and his older brother Francis. They live in a small apartment...
Author Interview and Giveaway: Kate Hilton*
*Please note the giveaway is now closed, thank you to everyone who entered! In September my book club studied Kate Hilton's book Just Like Family. Our discussion was passion-filled as always, people arguing to the very end about character motivations, author choices,...
Book Review: In the Cage by Kevin Hardcastle
In the past few years I've read a handful of books that could be labelled as 'manly man literary books'. This is of course my highly scientific name for them, which I'm sure will catch on any minute now. What makes these books unique is the writing style which is...
Radio Segment: I’m a Wordfest Insider Yo!
It will come as no surprise to anyone that I'm counting down the days until Wordfest 2017. For my most recent trip into the CBC Studios, I gave my 'insider' suggestions of which authors to take in while attending Wordfest this year, as well as getting in a little...
Book Review: Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
What do you think of when someone tells you a book is 'ripe for book club discussion'? Does that kind of description make you roll your eyes, or encourage you to dive right in? I personally hate the insinuation that certain books are 'book club' books, because it...
Book Review: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Oh what, an old book? But Anne you never review those! I know, I've shocked everyone by reading a book by a dead author, but I can always make an exception for the wonderful Agatha Christie, the mentor to my idol Jessica Fletcher. I got this book from the library,...
Book Review: How to Fall in Love with Anyone by Mandy Len Catron
How do you write a memoir that's all about love without becoming a cliche? Mandy Len Catron did exactly that by writing an insanely popular essay for the New York Times titled "to fall in love with anyone, do this" which was eventually turned into her memoir/book of...
Book Review: Daisy in Exile by J.T. Allen
Soo....this is a review of a self-published book, which my loyal readers will know I don't typically do. My reasons for not reviewing self-published books are mainly bound up in the fact that I used to work in the publishing industry, but every once in a while I come...
Anne Logan’s Advice for Authors Part Deux
This is the second installment of my unsolicited advice column for authors, check out my first one here, which includes the reasons why I believe I'm qualified to give this advice. My rule this week may seem obvious to some, but I'm upset to discover that many new...
Radio Segment: Police Procedurals
I recorded my last 'summer' book segment for the CBC this past week, so I wanted to focus on a popular genre that lots of people get excited about: the police procedural. Aside from mistakenly referring to the author+book title as the title of the first book (no,...