Category: Book Reviews.

Book Review: The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Book Review: The Cloisters by Katy Hays

A debut novel with a gothic twist, The Cloisters by Katy Hays scratched my itch for a plot-driven story that would offer up some escapism for the snowy March we’ve been experiencing here in Calgary. Taking place in present-day New York City over one hot and...
Book Review: Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee

Book Review: Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee

Some of my Canadian readers will recognize my next title. Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong Lee has gotten lots of recent and positive coverage in the media, and I tend to enjoy non-fiction essays with a lighter touch, so I opted to give it a...
Book Review: Gone to Pot by Jennifer Craig

Book Review: Gone to Pot by Jennifer Craig

I love a humourous novel – although David Sedaris is my favourite writer, I seek a laugh in both my fiction and non-fiction reading whenever possible. When I came across the 2018 winner of The Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in a Second Story Press catalogue, I...
Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

I was put onto this book by a social media post from an old friend of mine who I had lost touch with. She was diagnosed with two forms of aggressive cancer, one right after the other. During her treatments, she spoke highly of the bestselling book Man’s Search...
Book Review: Love Marriage by Monica Ali

Book Review: Love Marriage by Monica Ali

The phrase ‘love marriage’ means different things to different people, but in the context of the book Love Marriage by Monica Ali, it refers to the fact that Yasmin’s Indian parents formed a relationship based on love alone; an assumption for many,...