Publisher: Avid Reader Press, March 2, 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 208 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): For readers of Valeria Luiselli and Edwidge Danticat, an urgent and lyrical novel about a Colombian family fractured by deportation, offering an intimate perspective on an experience that so many have endured—and are enduring right now.At the dawn of … Continue reading Book Review: Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

Publisher: Tor Teen, March 2 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): For a hundred years, the once-prosperous kingdom of Perin Faye has suffered under the rule of the greedy and power-hungry Thungrave kings. Maralyth Graylaern, a vintner's daughter, has no idea her hidden magical power is proof of a secret … Continue reading Book Review: The Stolen Kingdom by Jillian Boehme

Publisher: Forever Publishing, March 22021 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Reena Manji doesn’t love her career, her single status, and most of all, her family inserting themselves into every detail of her life. But when caring for her precious sourdough starters, Reena can drown it all out. At least until … Continue reading Book Review: Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron

Publisher: Berkley Publishing House Published February 16th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Nearly two hundred condemned women on board a sailing ship bound for Australia. One of them is a murderer. From debut author Hope Adams comes a thrilling novel based on the 1841 voyage of the convict ship … Continue reading Book Review: Dangerous Women by Hope Adams

Genre: Historical Fiction  Publisher: Thomas Nelson, Published February 16th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Based on true accounts of how Parisiennes resisted the Nazi occupation in World War II—from fashion houses to the city streets—comes a story of two courageous women who risked everything to fight an evil they … Continue reading Book Review: The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron

Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, Published February 9th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 432 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka … Continue reading Book Review: The Gilded Ones by

Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, Published February 9th 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 432 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award winner Alex Berenson comes a supercharged thriller about marriage and the dangerous secrets spouses keep.Rebecca and Brian Unsworth appear to have it all. A nice house … Continue reading Book Review: The Power Couple by Alex Berenson

Genre: Contemporary  Publisher: Simon Schuster Canada, published February 2 2021 Format: Paperback  Pages: 304 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Celeste Ng’s enthralling dissection of suburbia meets Shirley Jackson’s creeping dread in this propulsive literary noir, when a sudden tragedy exposes the depths of deception and damage in a Long Island suburb—pitting neighbor against neighbor … Continue reading Book Review: Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance  Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, published February 2 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But to her mom, Liza is anything but. … Continue reading Book Review: A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen

Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, published February 2 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black woman in America.Rebecca Carroll … Continue reading Book Review: Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll