stand alone
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the bodyguard by Katherine Center [2 stars]
Have you ever tried ‘buddy reading’? It’s like having a mini bookclub with just 2 (or I guess any small number) of friends. I tried a buddy read with a friend of mine for this book and it was an enjoyable way to experience the book. All of those moments Since we both like a… Continue reading
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afterpains by Anna Julia Stainsby [5 stars]
*SPOILERS AHEAD* “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is the kind of phrase I laugh at as I pick up aesthetically intriguing books like this one, bring them home from la biblioteca and love the heck out of them. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I get the meaning of the phrase in the… Continue reading
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what you wish for by Katherine Center [2.5 stars]
**SPOILERS AHEAD** Seriously I warned you. SPOILERS 🙂 I really loved Things You Save in a Fire, so I trusted Katherine Center to deliver again with this one. I saved it to my ‘Want to Read’ shelf on Goodreads almost a whole year ago and was excited to be swept off my feet again, but… Continue reading
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starfish by Lisa Fipps
I listened to this as an audiobook, which as you know can be very ‘hit or miss.’ This one though…? This one was a huge hit for me. I am honoured to have found a book that so simply and eloquently writes so many of the feelings that exist within the heart of a fat… Continue reading
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max the miracle dog by Kerry Irving [3 stars]
A beautiful memoir from a man who is saved from the depths of depression and despair, by a dog who simply is. This beautiful account warmed my heart and restored my faith in humanity a bit. I loved every single story that Kerry Irving shared about Max and his padawan and little brother, and deeply… Continue reading
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clytemnestra by Costanza Casati [5 stars]
This does not read like a debut at ALL. Costanza Casati has a well-honed skill of giving the reader exactly what they need to hear, nothing more and nothing less, but sculpting the scene into a poem of illustrious imagery. She also writes Clytemnestra’s story in present tense, which I find to be captivating and… Continue reading
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elevation by Stephen King
As a child I watched my mother as she devoured book after book written by Stephen King. Eyes alight and pages rapidly turning, I remember the massive books coming home with her and be replaced by the following book almost as quickly. Ravenous! She loved King’s works and, well, as a child? I was terrified… Continue reading
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hey, kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Whatever I imagined reading this graphic novel would be like… I was wrong. And I’m glad I was. I have been brilliantly blown away by the emotional depth that this memoir offers, and I am moved by it all. Jarrett writes the true story of his childhood and upbringing (mostly) away from his heroin-addicted mother… Continue reading
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spells for forgetting by Adrienne Young (3.5 stars)
This book was meant to be read during the crisp Autumn months, when leaves are reddening and skies are darkening and a chill starts to settle in your bones. When witches seem a bit more real and you can feel the magic in the air as death knocks on mother nature’s door and colours of… Continue reading
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things you save in a fire by Katherine Center
“For the first time, I understood. In all the times I’d remembered that story, I’d experienced every single part of it from my own perspective, standing in my own sixteen-year-old shoes. Now, for the first time, I saw it unfold from a new angle. Hers. And it changed the story.” I have read a few… Continue reading
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