At a little over 20 thousand words, this story doesn’t pull any punches....
I cannot imagine why Iona Datt Sharma is not a name on the tip of everyone’s tongue....
I loved this book because it acknowledges the unfairness of the world and the privilege of those who fall back on a shallow understanding of faith....
In this mood of admiration with a touch of glee, here are my Five Things to Steal from Kindling....
The Shamshine Blind is smart and funny and has underpinnings of deep sadness that hit me right where it hurt....
If you read this blog, you might know that I love a good Golden Age detective novel (particularly if it happened to be penned by Dorothy L. Sayers or Margery Allingham). A little while ago I discovered the excellent podcast Shedunnit, in which the creator and host Caroline Crampton “unravels the...
"For all the DILF lovers."...
Despite its distinctions from our world, this analogue is not so different that the colonizers can leave this Indigenous community and their dragon alone....
With its irreverent narrator and sparkling sense of humour, Uncommon Charm is a deceptively light book with important reckonings at its core....
Where exactly is the line between reality and construct, between justified fear and paranoia? It may not be as easy to tell as you originally thought....
Make no mistake: parts of this book are hard to read....
It’s full of metal forges and runes, but it’s also full of student services and public transit. In short, it’s a joy....
At once an astute portrayal of grief and loss, an invitation to engage with ideas of death and renewal, and a love song to the Black communities of Detroit....
No lie, this cookbook brought a tear to my eye....
From its very first pages, the story is steeped in an atmospheric chill....
It’s been a while since I’ve been so emotionally devastated by a book....
Summer Sons winds you on a path into the dark history of the Deep South, whose past will not rest easy....
Like any good story, Wild Beauty is about change. It is about the breaking of bonds....
To say I enjoyed this book wouldn’t be quite right. But I couldn’t put it down....
It has been slowly dawning on me for some time now that I love time travel stories....