September / October 2017 Book Haul
I’ve started to watch my book buying habits as I’m painfully aware that I will be moving back to Canada at some point and will have to make some book sacrifices when I do 😭 A Column of Fire – Ken Read More …
Tag: historical fiction
August 2016 Book Haul
The Winner’s Curse – Marie Rutkoski I’ve heard so many good things, so once it was on sale on Kobo I snatched it up. Politics, slow burn romance, yes please! (Book Depository / Amazon US / Amazon CA / Amazon UK) The Deviants – CJ SKuse I received an ARC from YAHQ and Read More …
Review: “Barkskins”
Barkskins Annie Proulx Rating: 3/5 From Goodreads: In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a “seigneur,” for three years in exchange for land, they Read More …
Reading Roundup – May 2016
An Ember in the Ashes – Sabaa Tahir 5/5 – Hands down one of my favourite books I’ve recently read. Well written, captivating plot, and great characters! Read my review here. (Amazon US / Amazon CA / Indigo / Book Depository) Barkskins – Annie Proulx 3/5 – A bit underwhelmed by Read More …
May 2016 Book Haul
Another good month for books! Micro – Michael Crichton Michael Crichton is one of my favourite authors (Timeline and Jurassic Park are two of my all time favourite books ever). Micro was completed by Richard Preston after Crichton’s death, so I’m not Read More …
“Pillars of the Earth” – Go read it now
Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett Rating: 5 billion/5 Pillars of the Earth is one of my all time favourite books. Ever. Goodreads tells me I read this in 2009, and I remember the experience clearly. Now, almost 1000 pages about Read More …
“These Shallow Graves” – Jennifer Donnelly
These Shallow Graves Jennifer Donnelly Rating: 4/5 Jo Montfort is part of New York’s wealthy upper class, but unlike most girls of the Gilded Age she doesn’t dream of getting married off into another prominent family. She wants to be Read More …
“Gwendolyn’s Sword” Warning: Contains BAMF
Gwendolyn’s Sword E.A. Haltom Rating: 4/5 “A broadsword was a difficult thing to hide in a dress.” From just the first line of Gwendolyn’s Sword, I knew I was going to love it. Gwendolyn’s Sword is the debut novel from Read More …