Patricia’s 2015 Spring Picks
Though I still can’t watch news from out east without a cardigan and blanket on, spring has arrived here in North Van. With it, comes plenty of rain (and plenty of good excuses to curl up with a pot...
View ArticleBaileys Women’s Prize Longlist: Battle of the Unreliable Narrators
When the Baileys Women’s Prize Longlist was announced back in March, I was surprised at how few of them I’d read given how interesting the titles all looked. (True confession: I hadn’t read a single...
View ArticleA thriller booklovers can fall in love with
This week I took a break from the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist to read a book that just showed up in my mailbox at home. Obviously someone in our house ordered it, but neither my...
View ArticlePatricia’s Fresh Picks for May 2015
This May sees the long awaited return of Penn Cage and a comedy about the return of a major historical figure that no one expected (or wanted) to see. Welcome to my Fresh Picks for May 2015. The Bone...
View ArticleAnd the winner of the Baileys Women
…will be announced this Wednesday, June 3rd. I can’t wait to hear who this year’s winner is and have my fingers crossed that it’s either Laline Paull or Rachel Cusk. Sadly, I wasn’t able to finish all...
View ArticleHeidi’s Summer Fiction Picks
Let’s hope you have a sweet spot to read this Summer, because you’re going to want to get comfortable. The year’s juiciest novels are always released this season, and this year I can’t wait to sink my...
View ArticlePatricia’s Summer Picks 2015
Finders Keepers by Stephen King Stephen King wrote a new book? I’m in. In. In. In. In. In. (I may have accidentally read it already. You’ll like it — It’s good.) Best line: “Pete lay awake for a...
View ArticleHappy Canada Day!
Like Heidi, I’m gearing up for a holiday and won’t be blogging while I’m gone. But I couldn’t leave without sharing some new and upcoming titles that make me proud (and excited) to be a Canadian...
View ArticleGo Set a Watchman: For Better or Worse…It’s Finally Here!
There was a period in high school where I (along with countless others of you I’m sure) touted around with a paperback copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. My copy was dog-eared, and heavily underlined,...
View ArticleGiveaway: Center of Gravity
There’s something uplifting in reading about survival. It’s not the stories of people who haven’t suffered that interest me, but the stories of those who have and have lived to tell the tale. Enter...
View ArticleLiterary Prize Lovers’ TBR
It’s been an exciting week for literary fiction. First up was the announcement of The Scotiabank Giller Prize’s 2015 longlist. The list features twelve titles, and includes fantastic authors like...
View ArticlePatricia’s Fresh Picks for September 2015
Bleak House, I’m looking at you. As I have learned in Septembers past, September is not a great time for working moms to start doorstop-sized books. In fact, between learning which child has soccer...
View ArticleThere’s only Alice
It’s hard to believe it, but this year Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is 150 years old — that’s nearly 55 000 un-birthdays for those of you keeping track. After all this...
View ArticleRussia
While I love living here in BC — where winter means sometimes having to zip your coat all the way up — there’s a part of me that will always miss Russia. Every autumn without fail, as soon as there’s...
View ArticleNorth Shore Giller Prize Party!
The 2nd Annual North Shore Giller Prize Viewing Party returns to North Vancouver on Tuesday, November 10 from 5:30pm-8:30pm. Join notable CBC Radio broadcaster and acclaimed author, Grant Lawrence,...
View ArticleThe Search for 2015’s The Book
Over the years, choosing one book to gift our adult relatives has become a bit of a thing in our household. That’s why this weekend when my husband and I found ourselves temporarily childless, we...
View ArticleChristmas Gift Suggestions: Fantasy & Science Fiction
There’s nothing better than escapist fiction – immersing yourself in a different world while the one here gets cold, dark and/or wet. So, here are my recommendations for the fantasy and...
View ArticlePatricia’s Top Ten Reads of 2015
Sigh. I love pouring over the end of year book lists and seeing the full range of what’s out there for us to read and savour. Without further ado, here’s my humble offering of the year’s best reads:...
View ArticleUplifting Fiction
Going into the holiday season can be a lot — there’s the rushrushrush to get everything done (and make it look easy), the inevitable onslaught of cold and flu season, and of course, the weather. The...
View ArticleCanada Reads 2016
Let’s forget the holidays for a moment and talk about the 2016 Canada Reads longlist instead! The 15 books that make up the longlist were chosen in part because of their explorations of the themes of...
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