My exploration into Japanese Cozy Fiction continues with The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee by Saki Kawashiro, translated into English by Yuka Maeno. I’m not finding this genre all that satisfying to be completely honest, but I also don’t mind an easy read every once in a while, which this definitely offers. If food is…
Have y’all heard of this new genre known as Japanese Cozy Fiction yet? It’s fairly new to me, so I dove in with the short and sweet novel The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama, translated from the Japanese by Takami Nieda. I love a cozy mystery,so I felt as though crossing over…
I haven’t reviewed many books from feminist press Inanna Publications, but when I received (M)othering Edited by Anne Sorbie and Heidi Grogan, I knew that I wanted to read it. An anthology exploring the complicated experience of mothering and being mothered is ripe for artistic interpretation, and this collection explores the wide range in a…
My season of spooky reading continues with another ghost story called Through the Mist by Lindsay Jayne Ashford. I’ve had this book on my shelf for awhile, but because I prefer reading ghost stories in the Fall, I was saving it until I could curl up with it in the colder months. This is the…
My spooky reading in October continues with Shadows in the Moonlight by Santa Montefiore, a ghost story that I had been excitedly saving for Halloween (and by the time you read this, Halloween has come and gone!). I’ve never read a book by Montefiore, but she’s a UK writer that sells quite well in the…
I’m always hesitant to read the second book in a series, when I haven’t read the first. But We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad is supposed to be a prequel of sorts, and the publicist promised me I didn’t need to have read the highly lauded Bunny that came before it, so I took…
I’m typically that book blogger that comments wistfully on other read-along posts, lamenting the fact that I want to participate in all these group book discussions, but stuck with my reviewing schedule that aligns with my radio segments instead. Maybe I was feeling particularly motivated the day I came across FictionFan’s Madame Bovary review-along invitation,…
With a title like Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World, how can you possibly say no to this satirical work by Mark Waddell? For anyone who is fortunate (or unfortunate enough, depending on your point of view) to have worked in a 9-5 office environment, you will find much to laugh along with in…
I’m writing this review on September 30, Truth and Reconciliation Day here in Canada, a date that recognizes the harms that have been enacted against Indigenous people, and our need to move forward together as a country from this. I’m lucky enough to have the day off work as well, so I’m taking advantage of…
Even though Louise Erdrich is not a Canadian writer, she is Native American so I was saving her latest book The Mighty Red as part of my month of Truth and Reconciliation focused reading. I really enjoyed her last book The Sentence which I reviewed here, so it’s not surprising how much I enjoyed The…
I’m dedicating much of my September reading to Indigenous authors, as September 30 is Truth and Reconciliation Day here in Canada, which I’ve written about extensively on this blog. I’m starting us off with a review of 52 Ways to Reconcile, How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on their Path to Healing by David A….
This book was…not my favorite (I’m sorry, I had to!). The Favorites by Layne Fargo held alot of promise on my shelf; it’s about a professional ice skating couple and their bumpy journey to become Olympic champions. I’ve never read a book about this sport, so I was excited to learn more about it. It…
