Monthly Archives: February 2013
We’ll be the Last Ones to Let You Down
This is the first book I am reviewing for NetGalley. This book is the memoir of Rachel Hanel, daughter of a gravedigger in Minnesota. Rachel grew up spending her time with her father as he maintained the graveyards and dug the graves around … Continue reading
13 Books I did not enjoy
1. I just saw the preview for the DVD Eat, Pray, Love with Julia Roberts. I love Julia Roberts movies but I did not like this book at ALL and so I am disappointed that Julia is starring in the … Continue reading
The Orphan King by Sigmund Brouwer
I wish I would check before I read a “book one” of a series to determine if any other books in the series are published or if I am going to have to wait many years for installment number … Continue reading
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
In 1968, into the devastating, spare atmosphere of the remote coastal town of Labrador, Canada, a child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor fully girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy … Continue reading
Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe, by Stuart McLean
Here is yet another example of how I sometimes feel as though I am on a foreign planet, when really, I am just in Canada and reading Canadian books. I checked this book out of the library and the librarian … Continue reading
Cures for Hunger by Deni Bechard
This is the SIXTH book I am reading for this challenge – even though I STILL have not been updated on the book page itself! I just read the book “Cures for Hunger” by Deni Bechard. This is the … Continue reading
Magebane by Lee Arthur Chane
This is the SEVENTH book out of 13 that I need to read for the Canadian Book Challenge. It was a total accidental addition to the challenge, it was a book I wanted to read and it just HAPPENED to … Continue reading
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
I just finished Book number 8 out of thirteen for the Canadian Book Challenge, Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat. I actually read this book in high school. The only thing I remember about the book from the last … Continue reading
Two Moms Read 