Ampersand Reads
July 2, 2018 |
Do you follow us on Goodreads? You should! We read pretty voraciously and we always post everything we’re reading! For instance: Judy recently read Bitter Orange and...
2018 Reading Challenge: Truth & Reconciliation
February 19, 2018 |
I’m likely not the only one out there who sets herself an annual reading challenge. This year my goal is to read 52 books… at least one...
2018 Reading Challenge: Juvenile Graphic Novels
January 16, 2018 | I’m likely not the only one out there who sets herself an annual reading challenge. This year my goal is to read 52 books… at least one...
Some Advice
May 15, 2017 |
One of my many vices is that I am a voracious reader of advice columns. We could all use some help, right? (If I’m honest, I usually...
Finding a new favourite
March 27, 2017 |
There’s nothing more exciting to a reader than discovering a new favourite book. Unfortunately, we don’t always know what books will do it for us. Sometimes a...
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
February 3, 2017 |
Every season, there are a bunch of books that catch my eye (mainly because I’m a book fiend… you have to be in this job!!) and I...
Becoming Unbecoming
November 28, 2016 |
With the unimaginable results of the US election forcing the world to look into where things went so incredibly wrong, it’s ever-so much more pressing to focus...
Necessity
May 9, 2016 |
You may or not remember me getting PRETTY excited a few months back about a new Jo Walton title…. Well I finally got the ARC last week...
Chicken Tikka!
February 4, 2016 |
This is my second blog post about a cookbook that I’ve already blogged about. Rather than another Randy Shore recipe, I’ve made one more meal from Meera Sodha’s Made in...
H is for Hitting the Road
January 29, 2016 |
This week I did a mini road-trip to visit some of my bookstores a little further out in the ‘burbs. While Surrey and Langley aren’t very far...
At Last!
January 18, 2016 |
At last, you guys! I moved way back in November, and have been steadily working away at painting and fixing up my new apartment since then. On...
A Darker Shade of Magic
October 9, 2015 |
I just finished reading A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab this week and excuse me, why aren’t I living in Red London right now?!?...
That Lonely Section of Hell
October 5, 2015 |
As soon as I read the excerpt of Lori Shenher’s book in the Globe & Mail I called up Book Warehouse and had them set aside a copy...
Between the World and Me
September 7, 2015 |
Although I try to read as many books from my own publishers as is humanly possible, sometimes I slip up and read something else. This summer, I...
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
September 4, 2015 |
I just finished reading Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn and I have to say, it was pretty fantastic. If you liked the movie, Easy A, you’ll definitely...
All the Birds in the Sky
August 31, 2015 |
Well here we are on the last day of August, and I’ve already started selling books for our Winter season! So far I’ve read the fantastic All...
An Audio Obsession
August 14, 2015 |
With a new job comes a new commute, mine being about an hour and a half every day. As a book-loving person, using my eyes for “safe...