I love old fashioned murder mysteries, murder mysteries along the lines of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot or Ms Marple. The Maslow Murder Club is one such novel. Our protagonist is a charming septarian, Judith, Who loves to skinny dip in the river behind her old mansion. On one such excursion, Judith witnesses the murder of … Continue reading The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
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Star Fish by Lisa Fipps
Ellie doesn’t physically fit the standards set by society today and therefore is bullied relentlessly. In this novel written in verse we are given a brutally honest first person narration of a young girl's emotional and sometimes physical abuse dealt to her by kids at school as well as some members of her own family. … Continue reading Star Fish by Lisa Fipps
The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean Devon is not human, she is a book eater. She does not get her nourishment from food but rather from eating the written word. With each text she consumes, Devon absorbs the knowledge each text possesses. And her blood runs black like ink. The chapters in this novel alternate between the past … Continue reading The Book Eaters
Escape from Chernobyl by Andy Marino
Escape from Chernobyl is a fictional account of the Chernobyl disaster, a global incident that most young people know nothing about. 16-year-old Yuri Formichev is an intern at the Chernobyl power plant in Pripyat Ukraine on the border of what was then the Soviet Union. Yuri’s dream is to be an engineer at the nuclear … Continue reading Escape from Chernobyl by Andy Marino
The Speed of Falling Objects
by Nancy Richardson Fischer Life hasn’t been easy for Danielle “Danny” Warren. When she was 7, her adventurous father leaves her and her mother to become a famous “Reality Star”. Danny believes her father abandoned her because she suffered a horrible accident and lost her eye, an accident that not only stole her sight but … Continue reading The Speed of Falling Objects
Me(Moth) by Amber Mcbride
Me (Moth) by Amber McBride (possible spoilers) I’m finding it difficult to put into words how much I loved this novel. I don’t often gravitate to novels written in verse but honestly, the cover of this one was breathtaking so I had to take a look inside. For the entirety of my reading, I had … Continue reading Me(Moth) by Amber Mcbride
2021-2022 Book Club Titles
I’m interested to know how other people are running book clubs during Covid. Is Zoom the “go to” platform for most? Or is there some other more intimate way to connect with our book people? In September we had the opportunity to host book club in person for the first time in close to two … Continue reading 2021-2022 Book Club Titles
“Shuggie Bain” a novel by Douglas Stuart
This is a sad, frustrating, yet compassionate story. In this book, is the main villain (I was going to write "antagonist", but villain is more appropriate) is alcohol that seduces and creates monstrous behaviour sympathetic characters. Although Agnes seems to be the main character, this is Shuggie's story. He is our anti-hero. For most of … Continue reading “Shuggie Bain” a novel by Douglas Stuart
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
written by Elsa HartI am a reading fiend. I can read book upon book upon book upon book. Summer holidays usually offers the opportunity where I make up for the lack of time I had during the work year. But this year was different. You would think that with a quarantine one would have more … Continue reading The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
The Toll by Cherie Priest
"The things I take are mine to keep" (135) One of my favourite genres is Gothic Literature so one day, a couple of months ago I Googles "Contemporary Gothic Literature" and up popped a wonderfully detailed list of titles. One of the titles on this list was "The Toll" written by Cherie Priest. The caption … Continue reading The Toll by Cherie Priest
Ink And Spine 