Book Review: In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas

Book Review: In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas

Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award and the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas is sure to be on many Canadian bookshelves these days. I was lucky to have...
Book Review: Away From the Dead by David Bergen

Book Review: Away From the Dead by David Bergen

I wasn’t surprised to see David Bergen’s latest book Away From the Dead make the Scotibank Giller Prize longlist this year. He’s a serious writer, with seriously impressive award wins and nominations in his past. I last read a book of his in 2014,...
Book Review: The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson

Book Review: The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson

Continuing on my recent ‘books about books’ kick, I picked up this thick paperback called The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson, which promised a snapping good story. It delivered; on both the good story, and the warm and fuzzy feeling when reading...
Book Review: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

Book Review: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry

I was in need of a lighter story that I knew would whisk me away into a well-developed plot. Also: books about books!!! The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry is a work of historical fiction focusing on the mystery of a lost story and its connection to a...
Book Review: The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason

Book Review: The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason

The blurb depicting The Nightingale Affair by Tim Mason as a “Victorian detective thriller” is what influenced me the most, as I was in the mood to read a classic mystery after a few of the modern domestic thrillers I had been through recently. I was...