Title: The Winner’s Curse Author: Marie Rutkoski Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Square Fish   Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Winning what you want may cost you everything you love They were never meant to be together. As a general's daughter, seventeen-year-old Kestrel enjoys an extravagant and privileged life. Arin … Continue reading Book Review: The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Title: The Time Machine Author: H.G. Wells Genre: Science Fiction, Classic Literature Publisher: Orion Books Classic Collection Format: Hardcover Pages: 84 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   'I had made myself the most complicated and the most hopeless trap that ever a man devised'   When a Victorian scientist propels himself in the year 802,701 … Continue reading Book Review: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Books Format: paperback Pages: 382 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes … Continue reading Book Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Title: Brief Guide to Greek Myths Author: Stephen Kershaw Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Constable Format: paperback Pages: 467 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Classical scholar Stephen Kershaw retells and explores Greek myths - both the famous as well as the long forgotten including Theseus and the Minotaur, Jason and the Argonauts and the death of … Continue reading Book Review: Brief Guide to Greek Myths by Stephen Kershaw

Title:The Ugly Teapot: Book One: Hannah’s Story Author: Fred Holmes Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: published by author Format: Kindle Pages: 205 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Fourteen-year-old Hannah Bradbury loved her father so much that she worried about him constantly. After all, he was a photographer who traveled to the most dangerous places … Continue reading Book Review: The Ugly Teapot: Book One: Hannah’s Story

Title: Longbourn   Author: Jo Baker Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Random House Canada Format: Hardcover Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   A brilliantly imagined, irresistible below-stairs answer to Pride and Prejudice: a story of the romance, intrigue and drama among the servants of the Bennet household, a triumphant tale of defying society's expectations, … Continue reading Book Review: Longbourn by Jo Baker

Title: The Miniaturist Author: Jessie Burton Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harpercollins Canada Format: Paperback Pages: 392 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised.* Synopsis (Goodreads):   Sold in over thirty territories, this evocative debut in the tradition of Sarah Dunant, Tracey Chevalier, and Emma Donoghue is set among a wealthy, dysfunctional family … Continue reading Book Review: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

Title: One Night in Winter Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Format: Hardback Pages: 480 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Inspired by a true story, prize-winning historian and acclaimed novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the consequences of forbidden love in this heartbreaking epic of marriage, childhood, danger, and betrayal that unfolds … Continue reading Book Review: One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefoire

Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth Author: Jules Verne Genre: Classics, Science Fiction Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited Format: Paperback Pages: 191 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: Professor Otto Lidenbrock's great adventure begins by chance when a scrap of paper drops out of an ancient book he has just bought. The coded inscription reveals the … Continue reading Book Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Title: All the Bright Places Author: Jennifer Niven Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Format: Paperback Pages: 378 *Warning: book discusses suicide. * Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis: The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die. Soon to be a … Continue reading Book Review: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven