Book Review The Hitchhikers by Chevy StevensThriller | Suspense | Psychological ★★★★★ Chevy Stevens has long been a favourite author of mine. When I first stumbled across her books and realized she was a local writer with an abundance of British Columbia settings, I immediately had to pore through her back list. Her books Still […]
Book Review Spitfires by Becky AikmanHistory | Non-Fiction | WWII ★★★★★ Spitfires by Becky Aikman dives into a group of twenty-five aviators who were denied the right to fly for the US during WWII, and headed to England to join the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary), becoming the first US women to command military aircraft. This was
Book Review Welcome to Murder Week by Karen DukessCozy Mystery | Fiction ★★★★★ Cozy mysteries are a go-to, relaxing read for me. So, give me a story about a faux murder mystery set in a small English village, and I’m all in. But what I didn’t expect was the beautifully layered emotional elements of this
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Book Review The Resistance Painter by Kath JonathanHistorical Fiction | Dual Timeline Last year, two of my top historical reads for the year just happened to feature the Polish Resistance during WWII. The Warsaw Sisters by Amanda Barratt and The Keeper of the Hidden Books by Madeline Martin were both breathtaking and poignant, and opened
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Book Review How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty by Bonny ReichertMemoir | Culinary Do you ever try new books solely based on recommendations from other authors? How to Share an Egg first caught my eye thanks to the endorsement by Ruth Reichl (another culinary author I can’t get
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Book Review Dinosaurs Lift the Flap by Taffy TalesChildren’s Board Book | Flap Book For the past four years, we’ve had a bit of a dinosaur invasion happening at our house. With a four-year-old who is absolutely obsessed with dinos, the kids’ room is packed with Jurassic toys and reads. So when I saw this
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Book Review The Girls of the Glimmer Factory by Jennifer CoburnHistorical Fiction | WWII | Holocaust A couple of years ago, I stumbled across Jennifer Coburn’s novel Cradles of the Reich, a dark story centred around the Lebensborn maternity homes in Nazi Germany. The book has stuck with me to this day, and I can’t
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Book Review Across the Ages by Gabrielle MeyerHistorical Romance | Christian Fiction | Time Travel From the creaking timbers and salty sea air aboard an 18th-century pirate ship to the glittering but dangerous speakeasies of the roaring twenties, Gabrielle Meyer’s newest novel takes us on an unforgettable time-traveling adventure! Across the Ages is the fourth
Book Review The Christmas Countdown by Holly CassidyChristmas Romance | Holiday | Contemporary Romance Put up the tree and grab the hot cocoa. The newest Christmas romance from Holly Cassidy is here and it feels like a warm gingerbread and cinnamon-scented hug! While I don’t read a lot of contemporary romance, festive romcoms are a
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Book Review Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia KellyMystery | Historical Fiction | WWII After the first book in this series (A Traitor in Whitehall) hit my top ten favorite reads last year, Betrayal at Blackthorn Park quickly became one of my most-anticipated reads of 2024. So when the publisher reached out to let me
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