Adult, book review

The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor (Review)

A warm and wonderfully vivid novel about taking second chances–in life and in the seaOne summer day on the beach in Florida, two extraordinary things happen to Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then, she is bitten by a blacktip shark.Eighteen years later, Maeve has thrown herself into her work as a world-traveling marine biologist discovering more about the minds of misunderstood sharks… Read More The Shark Club by Ann Kidd Taylor (Review)

ARC review, blog tour, book review, giveaway, young adult

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway) [CLOSED]

Thank you so much to Wednesday Books (Macmillan) for asking me to be a part of this blog tour! Roshani Chokshi is one of my favourite authors (I devoured all of the books in her The Star-Touched Queen series), and when I found out about this book, I just knew that I had to read it! Plus,… Read More The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway) [CLOSED]

ARC review, blog tour, book review, young adult

Riverdale: The Day Before (A Prequel) by Micol Ostow (Blog Tour: Review)

First off, thank you so much to Scholastic Inc. Canada for sending me a copy of Riverdale: The Day Before to read and review. And also, thank you to The Fantastic Flying Book Club for hosting this blog tour and for asking me to participate! Reading this book was quite interesting for me because I am all… Read More Riverdale: The Day Before (A Prequel) by Micol Ostow (Blog Tour: Review)

ARC review, blog tour, book review, young adult

Slayer by Kiersten White (Blog Tour: ARC Review & Author Written Piece)

It is such an honour to be a part of the Canadian blog tour for Kiersten White’s Slayer! Thank you so much Simon and Schuster Canada for asking me to participate and for sending me a physical ARC to read and photograph! As some of you may know, I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer when I was younger and… Read More Slayer by Kiersten White (Blog Tour: ARC Review & Author Written Piece)

book review, children's, picture book

I Am Actually a Penguin by Sean Taylor and Kasia Matyjaszek (Review)

When a little girl is given a penguin suit, she decides that living as a penguin is much more fun than just dressing as one. Penguins don’t ride the bus like people do, they don’t talk like people do, and they certainly don’t eat fish sticks like people do. Her family tells her, “You’re not actually a penguin.” But she knows that she ACTUALLY is. A hilarious new picture book about using your imagination — but also knowing that sometimes your costume needs to be washed!… Read More I Am Actually a Penguin by Sean Taylor and Kasia Matyjaszek (Review)