Book Review: My Kind of people

Title: My kind of people Author: Lisa Duffy Type: Fiction Published: 2020 Pages: 352 Lisa Duffy depicts the events of the story in the book beautifully, makes the reader feel what the character is feeling no matter how uncomfortable it is.. Summary: Sky is a little girl who was abandoned at a fire station as a baby, by the age of 10 she has experienced … Continue reading Book Review: My Kind of people

Book Review: Happy and you know it

Title: Happy and you know it Author: Laura Hankin Type: Fiction Pages: 384 Published: 2020 Laura Hankin’s debut is a quick read, a novel that could be categorized as a beach book. Its the type of book you can read all day until you finish it. Summary:After Claire is fired from her band, she’s trying to pay her way through New York City life, and … Continue reading Book Review: Happy and you know it

Book Review: All Things Consoled

Title: All Things Consoled  Author: Elizabeth Hay Type: Memoir Pages: 272 Published: 2019 Hay’s relationship with her parents had always been a tricky one but when they move across Ontario into a retirement home just down the road from Hay and her husband, she finds herself struggling with their slow decline into decrepitude. All Things Consoled is a recounting of those years and the family history that … Continue reading Book Review: All Things Consoled

Book Review: The Break

Title: The Break Author: Katherena Vermette Type: Fiction Pages: 288 Published: 2016 By opening this book, the reader should be prepared to be plunged into the deep winter darkness of Winnipeg. Snowy city streets and bone-chilling dampness fill the pages as slow and steady as a snowstorm in January. When Margaret Atwood describes a book as ‘very tough and real’ you know you’re in for … Continue reading Book Review: The Break

Book Review: You had me at hola

Title: You Had Me at Hola: In search of love & truth in South AmericaAuthor: Leigh RobshawType: MemoirPublished: 2019Pages: 254 Time: 2 min You Had Me at Hola is the memoir of Leigh Robshaw who travels from her home in Australia to South America to seek adventure and find love. The plan is only meant to travel for three months, however Robshaw ends up telling the reader about how she … Continue reading Book Review: You had me at hola

Book Review: Someone we know

Author: Shari Lapena Genre: Thriller Rating: 8/10 Pages: 330 Someone We Know juggles characters and half a dozen others skillfully. Readers will go back and forth many times while attempting to guess the identity of the murderer. The additional introduction of Raleigh Sharpe’s crimes, as well as some other shady things that are later uncovered, threatens to tear this small Aylesford community apart. Another top-notch read … Continue reading Book Review: Someone we know

Book Review: Kill Code

Author: Clive FleuryRelease Date: 5th December 2018Genre: Science-Fiction, DystopianSeries: The Sunset Of Magic Edition: E-book (book 3)Pages: 220Publisher: TCK Publishing About Clive Fleury Clive Fleury is an award-winning writer of books and a TV and film director and also a producer. Clive lives in Miami with his wife, his teenage daughter. About the book Kill code is a dystopian novel that engages the reader. The setting is in the near future. We … Continue reading Book Review: Kill Code

Book Review: The Alchemist

So I have recently finished reading this book by Paulo Coelho for the third time in two months and thought I should write about it. The book follows two main themes that speak about love and following your dreams. These themes will be expanded below. About the book Santiago is a young shepherd who loves his flock, though he can’t help but notice the limited … Continue reading Book Review: The Alchemist