Whoa! Did I just give a Melina Marchetta book three stars? Yes, yes I did. I want to start by saying that Marchetta’s stories are beautifully complex, twisty and messy. They are filled with brutal honesty and great, raw love stories. There are themes that present themselves in interesting ways. It’s masterful and brilliant. She [...]

Lugh got born first. On midwinter day when the sun hangs low in the sky. Then me. Two hours later. That pretty much says it all. Lugh goes first, always first, an I follow on behind. An that’s fine. That’s right. That’s how it’s meant to be. (p. 1) This is the first page of [...]

I have never read Dickens before. Every time I’d start, I’d fail to be sucked in and I’d give up. It was my turn to pick a book for book club and I really wanted an excuse to keep reading a Dickens novel, so I chose this one. I’m so glad that I did. Those [...]

Emma Donoghue delivers a spectacular novel in Room. The book is narrated by five year old Jack and is about his experience with his Ma as they live in captivity. Jack has never been outside Room. He doesn’t understand that there IS anything outside of Room. He has a TV and thinks that everyone and [...]

For the last few years, I’ve been reading series, in the young adult genre. I’m not alone, don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about. The Hunger Games, Twilight, these books are huge. Well I have noticed that a lot of series (that are YA) have a problem with second-book-itis. I made up the [...]

My wife read these ones as they came out. I remember that it seemed like a big deal as she waited for each book to be released. This happens far too often in my house for me to take much notice, sorry honey. She’ll be all excited about the new book from blah blah and [...]

I have been avoiding reviewing this book, almost as much as I avoided reading it in the first place. You see, I was afraid of this novel, scared even. Not because of the monster, surely no. Monsters aren’t really that scary. No, I, like the boy in the book (Conor) was afraid of something worse. [...]

As the year is coming to a close I can’t help but think about what has happened in my life in the past 12 months. I’ve been pregnant, delivered my third child, and moved three times. Through it all, I’ve read. I find myself reading when I get stressed out, so with three moves, that’s [...]