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Mars by Daniele Colucci on Unsplash: How To Mars by David Ebenbach (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: How To Mars

25th Nov 2021Leave a comment

Okay, so this hiatus of mine was unexpected and very long—but I'm back and catching up on the books I promised to review for the year. This isn't the first time I've mentioned that I have a fascination with space and space travel, so any fiction about people living on Mars, training to be astronauts, … Continue reading Book Review: How To Mars

Hearts by Lucas George Wendt on Unsplash: Hello, Cruel Heart by Maureen Johnson (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Hello, Cruel Heart

26th Mar 2021Leave a comment

I am a huge Disney fan, but I've never been all that interested in Cruella DeVil or the 101 Dalmatians movie(s). I'm not a big animal person (except for my pupper, of course), and I think the premise scared me as a child, so I never really returned to the film. I have seen the … Continue reading Book Review: Hello, Cruel Heart

Space by NASA on Unsplash: In The Quick by Kate Hope Day (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: In The Quick

1st Feb 2021Leave a comment

This isn't the first time I've mentioned this, but I really love anything having to do with space travel. I think being an astronaut would be the most fascinating job in the world, and I would love to see the world from their point of view. That's why I was so drawn to the cover … Continue reading Book Review: In The Quick

Wales by Jack B on Unsplash: Leave It To Fate by Beth Corby (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Leave It To Fate

20th Jan 202120th Jan 2021Leave a comment

Beth Corby's debut novel Where There's A Will was one of my favourite reads from 2019. It was unexpected, heart-warming, and took us on an amazing adventure. When I saw her follow-up story, Leave It To Fate (in stores February 4) was coming soon, I knew I had to read it. I was ready to … Continue reading Book Review: Leave It To Fate

Crafting by Chatree Petjan on StockSnap: Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Be Dazzled

7th Jan 20217th Jan 2021Leave a comment

Some people who know me might be surprised to know that I've always wanted to go to Comic Con. My friend and I talked about going one year, but it's quite the trek to get from Toronto to San Diego, so we've never been able to get there. I wouldn't call myself strictly part of … Continue reading Book Review: Be Dazzled

Dock at Dusk by Kate Tandy on Unsplash: Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica Pennington (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: Meet Me at Midnight

24th Mar 2020Leave a comment

The world is a crazy place right now, and I'm so happy to have my husband, my dog and my baby boy in insolation with me...as well as books, of course. I highly recommend the whole world just hole up with a book as long as we possibly can to flatten the curve on this … Continue reading Book Review: Meet Me at Midnight

Renovation by Eugen Str on Unsplash: The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: The Honey-Don’t List

16th Mar 202022nd Mar 2020Leave a comment

Bookstagram's favourite writing duo, Christina Lauren, has another book coming out this month (March 24—yay!) and I was very lucky to receive yet another advanced copy to review before it was released to the masses. It was just a few months ago that they released Twice in a Blue Moon, which, admittedly, was not my … Continue reading Book Review: The Honey-Don’t List

Planner by Social Cut on Unsplash: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: In Five Years

8th Mar 20208th Mar 2020Leave a comment

It's been over a month since I've posted any reviews. I haven't had much time to read since my son was born, so you know it had to take a really good book to tear me away from my newborn—or from getting some extra sleep, since I only seem to get two-hour stretches of it … Continue reading Book Review: In Five Years

Liftoff by SpaceX on Unsplash: The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: The Gravity of Us

1st Feb 20208th Mar 2020Leave a comment

I'm a bit of a cliché. I have always wanted to be an astronaut. Ever since I went to the Ontario Science Centre in grade 5 and did a mission to Mars simulation with my class, I've been fascinated by it. Not only is space itself so incomprehensible to my brain, but the possibility that … Continue reading Book Review: The Gravity of Us

Books by Eli Francis on Unsplash: The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin (The Modest Reader)

Book Review: The Little Bookshop on the Seine

22nd Jan 202020th Jan 2020

From the synopsis of The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin, I was sold. It sounds a lot like The Holiday (one of my favourite Christmas movies with Kate Winslet and Cameron Dias), but with bookstores, which is so much more interesting! Who wouldn't want to run off to Paris to run a … Continue reading Book Review: The Little Bookshop on the Seine

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