Ooooookkkkaaaayyyyy-do you ever read a scary story and think “what happened to that author in his/her life that gave them the inspiration to write such a dark book?” That is exactly what I was thinking when I read A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave, because this novel scared my socks off! There’s two murders within…
We get really excited about Halloween at our house. Pre-kids, my husband and I used to have a huge costume kegger each year, but now that we’re parents we decorate our house, go trick-or-treating, and attempt to get our oldest into the Halloween spirit without scaring her too much. So when Penguin Random House Canada…
Up From Freedom by Wayne Grady is the next stop on my ‘can-lit’ tour, which I read in preparation for the Wordfest event I just hosted on Tuesday. I read his last book Emancipation Day in 2013, and in true Anne Logan style I can’t remember a thing about it because it was literally hundreds of…
Ok I know what you’re thinking; “when is Anne going to shut up about Wordfest? She’s been spamming my feed for weeks now about this stuff!” The answer is next week, because that’s when Wordfest is over, but for now, I’m revelling in my favourite week of the year when a hundred plus authors converge…
I’ll freely admit that all the knowledge perceptions I have about jail come from Netflix’s Orange is the New Black. I also watched a documentary once about solitary confinement, which also happened to be on Netflix. Anyway, my point is that I know barely anything about the penal system here and in the US, other…
Before this year, my daughter attended daycare twice a week to give me some time to myself, but starting this past September, she’s begun attending a full-day preschool, which feels awfully similar to Kindergarten (for both her and myself!). It was this shift in her life that made the reading of these ‘back to school’…
Technically this is a product + book review, because not only do I regale my viewers with (somewhat) insightful comments on Kim Thuy’s latest book Vi, but I also review some local chocolate by Master Chocolat! Yes, I’m really taking to this chocolate blogging thing, it’s a true passion of mine. I’ve also changed my…
A little bit of horror, a little bit of satire, and alot of fun, Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall by Suzette Mayr is a wonderful read for those looking for something unique. And university lit professors-they will guaranteed love this novel, but let me explain a bit further… Edith is a…
Ah yes, it’s that time of year again; when parents breath a sigh of relief as they children trot back off to school, and parents of younger children (like yours truly) experience the first-time thrill of sending their kids to preschool and having time to themselves EACH AND EVERY DAY!!! It’s hard to believe it’s…
Seven Fallen Feathers by investigative journalist Tanya Talaga is a few things; it’s a non-fiction account of the death of seven different indigenous children in Thunder Bay, it’s a cautionary tale to parents who send their emotionally unprepared kids to an environment they’ve never experienced, and it’s a crushing blow to Canadians who claim racism…
When I finished reading the last page of this book I said ‘Awwwww’ out loud. This is a sweet little book, (although not THAT little, because it’s 300 pages long) and one I will recommend to all sorts of readers, young and old. How To Stop Time by Matt Haig is about a man named…
Alexander McCall Smith is just one of those guys-he’s super nice in person (yes, I’ve spent one-on-one time with him, and he wore a kilt!), he writes wonderful books, and he’s super prolific, even though he’s a millionaire and no longer needs to work. What’s not to love? The premise of this book didn’t even…
