Category: review
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far, far away anthology review
Hello everyone! I usually don’t post book reviews on my blog, but I’m making an exception for Mirror World Publishing’s new anthology Far, Far Away. In today’s post, I’ll be giving a quick review of each story including a content warning (cw), so you know what to expect if you pick up a copy of […]
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out in the world
This month, I’ve been focusing on The Patch Project. This book has been out in the world since 2018, and I’ve enjoyed hearing all of the feedback, online and in person. My favourite review compares the book to a ’70s psychedelic film. It was a two-star review, but I love the comparison, and that the […]
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the third thursday, featuring Sharon Ledwith and Lost and Found
Welcome to week three of our blog tour! Four local authors have joined forces to share their stories and answer questions about their writing process. This week, I asked YA author Sharon Ledwith some questions about her newest book, Lost and Found! About Lost and Found “The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. Money trouble. It’s […]
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the second thursday, featuring Justine Alley Dowsett and Mirror’s Deceit
For the next installment of the Windsor author blog tour, let me introduce you to Justine Alley Dowsett and her newest co-authored fantasy novel, Mirror’s Deceit! Meet the Author Justine Alley Dowsett is the author of nine novels and counting, and one of the founders of Mirror World Publishing. Her books, which she often co-writes […]
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the first thursday, featuring Ben Van Dongen and The Thinking Machine
For the next four Thursdays, I’ll be featuring a different book by a local author – and they’ll be featuring The Patch Project! It’s our version of a book exchange-style blog tour, and should be a lot of fun! First up is Ben Van Dongen, with his new cyberpunk novella, The Thinking Machine! The Thinking […]
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Restful Reading
I took yesterday off. No writing, no editing. No mental scolding to vacuum or apply for jobs. Just a chill day. So, I ended up reading, of course! It’s been awhile since I’ve really sat down with a book. And it showed – I finished half a book I started in March, and devoured another. The […]
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January/ February Books
Quick reviews of recent reads! Insurrection by Peter Rollins This book is rad if you’ve ever felt disillusioned about “happy Christianity.” Some challenging criticisms of institutional structures and how we think about God. Rollins uses anecdotes that border on folk tales, examples from his own life and the bible, and psychology to comment on how […]
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tragic comic
This month, I’m reading Maus by Art Spiegelman (for the third time) and Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thien (for the first time). Both are quite different – I mean, one’s a comic book about the Holocaust and one’s Canadian literary fiction about the effects of the Cultural Revolution in China. But there are […]
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ocean wonder
P. and I are currently enraptured by ABZÛ, a video game journey through stunning ocean scenes filled with puzzles, myth, and wonder. According to the game’s website, its “name references a concept from the oldest mythologies; it is the combination of the two ancient words AB, meaning ocean, and ZÛ, meaning to know.” Despite its linguistic […]
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