6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk: REVIEW Synopsis Agatha is an author dealing with depression-induced writer’s block, so her husband comes up with a seemingly perfect solution to get her juices flowing again: he gives her a train ticket from Toronto to Montreal. Six hours on a train with stunning views to inspire her and…
Victober 2025: TBR and Plans In which I explain what Victober is and how I will be participating Hello! Happy Victober to all who celebrate! 🥳📚 Yes, ’tis the season for all the classics-loving lads and lassies to lift a pinky as they raise their cup of tea to the memory of Queen Victoria and…
Iceland: The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir (from Diplomatica’s ‘Great Reads from Around the World’) Great Reads from Around the World I’m slowly making my way through the Great Reads from Around the World list on DiplomaticaGlobal.com, a list curated by each country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. Basically, each embassy was asked what books they…
Isola by Allegra Goodman: REVIEW Synopsis A novelization of the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, a 16th-century French noblewoman who was marooned on an island for her “sins” after her guardian forced her to accompany him to North America. My Review Okay, I get the hype now. This book is gorgeous, captivating, and…
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey: REVIEW Synopsis This is a difficult book to summarize without spoiling anything, so I’ll let the Goodreads summary do the talking: “After a very different outcome to WWII than the one history recorded, 1979 England is a country ruled by a government whose aims have sinister underpinnings and…
Top 100 Canadian Books: Unless by Carol Shields Top 100 Canadian Books of All Time In case you haven’t seen my Top 100 Canadian Books of All Time list, here’s a brief explanation. A few months ago, I looked at all the Top Canadian Books lists and prestigious Canadian literary awards I could find, took note…
Kihiani: A Memoir of Healing by Susan Aglukark and Andrea Warner: REVIEW Synopsis Susan Aglukark, an award-winning Inuk singer/songwriter here in Canada, tells the story of her happy early childhood, a childhood trauma that changed everything, and her long journey of healing. My Review Susan Aglukark has always meant a lot to me. Her biggest…