Book Review: Whisper of the Seals, Detective Morales Book 3, Roxanne Bouchard, translated by David Warriner Mystery: Whisper of the Seals, Detective Morales Book 3, Roxanne Bouchard, translated by David Warriner Recently I was reminded of a family vacation that included a trip through southern Ontario. My then sixteen-year-old self was very excited to be […]
Blog Tour: Sherpa, Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari
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Blog Tour: My Name Is Ten, Colleen MacMahon
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Book Review: Owls of the Eastern Ice, Jonathan C. Slaght
Book Review: Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl, Jonathan C. Slaght Nonfiction/Science: Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl, Jonathan C. Slaght I might have been vaguely aware of the existence of “fishing owls” before reading this book, […]
Blog Tour: The D.I. Sterling Series, Lorraine Mace
Series Review: The D.I. Sterling Series, Lorraine Mace Series Review: The D.I. Sterling Series, Lorraine Mace Blog Tour August 1, 2022 A quick apology first: I put August 1 on my calendar and never double checked until starting to write this review when I realized that all of the publicity said July 15. […]
Book Review: Noor, Nnedi Okorafor
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Blog Tour: A Killer Legacy, Jim McGhee
Book Review: A Killer Legacy: DI Barney Mains, Jim McGhee Mystery: A Killer Legacy: DI Barney Mains, Jim McGhee Blog Tour July 27, 2022 DI Barney Mains has become quite fond of Nice, France. So it is no major hardship when he is seconded to the Nice police force as a liaison to investigate crimes […]
Blog Tour: By Her Own Design, Piper Huguley
Book Review: By Her Own Design, Piper Huguley Historical Fiction: By Her Own Design, Piper Huguley Blog Tour, July 25, 2022 I am not often drawn to fictionalized biographies of actual historical figures. Sometimes, though, they are the only way to share a life’s story when the details are obscured by history. Contemporary records […]
Book Review: The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson
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