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Drum roll please! And the winner is.... Marianna Ballard!!!! Congratulations to Marianna. She has won a copy of Everywhere Holy by...

20 Books to Read in 2020 Earlier this month I came across a blog where the author listed 20 books she planned on reading in 2020. What a...

Ah, sweet love. The wisp of tender passion is in the air, as Valentine's Day creeps ever closer. With its imminent approach, many peopl...

Wild , by Cheryl Strayed, © 2012, Vintage Books Grief can lead people on extreme and complicated paths. People often question who they ...

July and the Single Heart by Vi Zetterwall, © 2015, CC Productions Many books make their way to my TBR pile. Some are irresistible c...

The Anger Meridian by Kaylie Jones, © 2015, Akashic Books Akashic Books has sent me several books, including a few from their Kaylie...

You know it's going to be a good day when you get this in the mail—a good luck coin. It came with a book too. Next up on the TBR pil...

Little Beasts by Matthew McGevna, © 2015, Akashic Books I am grateful to the folks at Akashic Books for allowing me the chance to get a ...

The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King,  ©  2014, Harper Collins I first came across Thomas King in a Canadian Lit class in university....

Love Maps , by Eliza Factor, © 2015, Akashic Books Sarah receives a phone call in the middle of the night from her godmother Tori. Her ...

Strangely, Incredibly Good by Heather Grace Stewart, © 2014, Morning Rain Publishing The late 30's are a difficult time for many. ...

One Native Life , by Richard Wagamese, © 2008, Douglas & McIntyre This book. it filled me. So many delicate weavings. Heartbreak pa...

The Love Book , by Nina Solomon, © 2014, Akashic Books Care for a light-hearted romp through the messy world of "love"? Join ...

It Was Me All Along , by Andie Mitchell, © 2015, Clarkson Potter Publishers Back in November I found myself a winner to one of Read it ...

The Museum of Extraordinary Things , by Alice Hoffman, © 2014, Scribner Here is a book right up my alley. We have turn of the century fr...

The Goldfinch , by Donna Tartt; © 2013, Little Brown and Company The Goldfinch has met with great public acclaim and won the coveted Pu...

The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini, © 2003, Anchor Canada In 1975, Amir is 12-years-old. He lives in an affluent neighbourhood in Kabu...

  Life After Life , by Kate Atkinson, © 2013, Bond Street Books What if you had life to live all over again? And you were able to learn f...

The Art of Racing in the Rain , by Garth Stein, © 2008, Harper Collins I am sure plenty of you have already picked this book up. I had ...

Medicine Walk , by Richard Wagamese, © 2014, McClelland & Stewart Should I start by saying this book wrecked me? That I bawled throu...