Showing posts with label reviewed by Leanne Dyck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reviewed by Leanne Dyck. Show all posts
Sunday, June 21, 2026

Book Review: Sharing the Light by Monique Gray Smith

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Sharing the Light by Monique Gray Smith can be used as a journal writing prompt or as a guide for a discussion group. (add photo) Sharing th...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Book Review: Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

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 If you asked most people what Skinny Legs and All is about they'd probably say something like... Skinny Legs and All is about newlywe...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Book Review: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (MG) by Julia Nobel

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 Emmeline "Emmy" Willick is happy kicking balls and scoring goals on the soccer field in Connecticut until her mother sends her aw...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Book Review: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (darkly comic thriller)

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Everyone in this book is using someone, but no one does it more frequently or to such a degree as narrator Korede's sister Ayoola. Ayoo...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Book Review: Crow Winter by Karen McBride

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Recent university graduate Hazel Ellis is grieving the loss of her father. To cope, she moves from Ottawa back to Spirit Bear Point First ...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

Book Review: Reproduction by Ian Williams (2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner)

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I found your latest book club read. Believe me, Reproduction is sure to generate lots of discussions. Most notably for me, questions rega...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Book Review: Oh, My Darling by Shaena Lambert (short story collection)

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Relationships come in all shapes and sizes in Shaena Lambert 's ten story collection. All but three of the stories in Oh, My Darling ...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Book Review: The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan (historical fiction)

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The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan provides glimpses into the relationship between two sisters growing up in the slums of Paris, Fr...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Book Review: Be My Love by Kit Pearson (young adult novel)

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Be My Love by Kit Pearson is about secrets hidden and secrets shared, and it's about personal truths discovered. Buy this Book ...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Book Review: Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline (thriller, fantasy)

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Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline is a cautionary folk tale about corporate greed for Aboriginal land. Story question:  What challenges d...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

Book Review: Akin by Emma Donoghue

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In this interesting interview,  Emma Donoghue  talks about Akin.  Eighty-year-old, newly widowed, newly retired, Noah Selvaggio travels to...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Book Review: Milkman by Anna Burns

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Milkman  by Anna Burns is set in Ireland during the 1970s, during the time of the troubles. "Everyone" is afraid and "everyo...