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 Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson
So this is a first for ivereadthis: a book review of a graphic novel! And what a perfect book to start off this trend: The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson, art by Kelly Mellings. Powerful, this book is so powerful, and very necessary. It tells the story of...
Book Review: Sleep by Nino Ricci
Sleep. I'm obsessed with it since having a baby. How much am I getting? How much is my baby getting? Is it enough? Is it too much? Is it at the right times of day? When will I ever be able to sleep in again? Probably never, but a girl can dream (pun intended). So...
Book Review: A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
Like the title suggests, A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (translated from the German by Charlotte Collins) is literally about a man's whole life, in only 139 pages. Apparently this book is also an international bestseller, so I had high hopes when I cracked it open....
Book Review: This is Happy by Camilla Gibb
Being a parent is hard, that's probably a universally accepted fact by now. My theory is that it's so difficult because it forces you to confront your personal weaknesses and shortcomings so abruptly, and all at once. Being a single parent is a challenge that I can't...
Book Review: The Winter War by Philip Teir
Translated from Finnish into English by Tiina Nunnally, The Winter War by Philip Teir is a novel that will resonate with many people, from many difference cultures. It recounts the slow fracturing of a middle-class family over the course of a winter, focusing a few...
Books I’ve Read in 2015
It's that time of year again folks; it's when I list all the books that I've read in one year so you can see how much reading I do and how little I actually parent my child. No-I don't post this list to brag, in fact, I think many people actually see it as proof...
New Year, New Look
I was getting sick of the way my blog looked before, so I gave it an update, thanks to the fine themes they have available through wordpress. I personally find change difficult, but I hope you, dear readers, appreciate this transformation, because I would like my blog...
Book Review: Murder, She Wrote: Murder Never Takes a Holiday by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
It's Christmas, and I have the perfect way of celebrating: settling down with a cozy mystery featurning my favourite detective, Jessica Fletcher. But Santa has been kind to me this year, and brought not one, but two Murder, She Wrote (MSW) books my way. Murder Never...
Book Review: Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
Before I began writing the review for Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg, I googled Clegg, just to see what I could find on him, as this can colour my thoughts on a book. I knew for sure that he would have a website, because he's also a literary agent, so he...
Book Review: Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
I've had Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín on my bookshelf for awhile; it was published in October 2014, which is when I received it for review. I don't have a great excuse for not reading it until now, other than the fact that I had never read a Colm Tóibín book before so...
Give the Gift of Intelligence this Christmas
It's that time of year again, the gift-giving season we all dread/look forward too! Now that I stay at home all day, I have a lot of time to think about what I'm going to get people, and where and when I'm going to get it, so I've been thinking about Christmas since...
Book Review: Sutterfeld, You are Not a Hero
I'm really torn about this book. It's written by someone I'm not familiar with, Tom Stern, who apparently works in the film business as a writer/director. So, when I was asked to review it, I readily agreed after discovering the author was a writer in a different...