Showing posts with label reviewed by Leanne Dyck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reviewed by Leanne Dyck. Show all posts
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Book Review: Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin Scotiabank Giller shortlisted book 2019

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Does Lark's sister Robin inspire her or hamper her development? Because their mother Marianne can't be tamed by motherhood, Lark m...
Sunday, January 12, 2020

The Call of the Wild by Jack London (adventure)

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Update:  Read this review and then go see the movie --release date February 21 (Canada). Yeah, the movie. I know... I just found out about i...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Book Review: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (romance)

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One rainy autumn day, my friend Linda and I  spent part of an afternoon discussing The End of the Affair by Graham Greene.  'Linda...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Book Review: Bunny by Mona Awad

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This book's message:  How you feel about me is none of my business. How I feel when I'm around you is. Published by Viking ...
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Book Review: The Princess Dolls by Ellen Schwartz (historical fiction)

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What would you do if you felt a friend was being treated unjustly? Buy this book  I received my copy from the author Illust...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Book Review: The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood (historical fiction)

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In 1934, during the Great Depression, the birth of the Dionne quintuplets charmed Canadians and the world. The sisters were a tremendous hel...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Book Review: An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

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'No matter what happens, the past has a permanence. The past is safe.' (p. 235)  An Ocean of Minutes is a love story--with a stro...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Book Review: That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung

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Set in the year 1979, That Time I Loved You:  Life is Never as Perfect as it Seems is a linked stories collection about the Ontario suburb ...
Sunday, June 9, 2019

Book Review: Fox 8 (illustrated short novel) by George Saunders

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This 49-page illustrated short novel packs a powerful punch. Buy this book I purchased my copy from Bolen Books Illustra...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

Book Review: Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood (short story collection)

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photo by ldyck Buy this Book Bluebeard's Egg is an ideal book club read. There's plenty of fuel for literary discussion, lo...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Book Review: A Wake for the Dreamland by Laurel Deedrick-Mayne (historical fiction) and interview with the author

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Set in Alberta, Canada--and England and Italy--before, during and after the Second World War, A Wake for the Dreamland is about the faith...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Book Review: The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (literary fiction)

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Buy Book shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize In The Saturday Night Ghost Club, protagonist Jake Baker lo...