pickWhat a great book to wrap this series with! I have always been a sucker for wartime stories, so I think this being set in WWI is part of why I think it is (just a little bit!) better than a few of the books that came before. This is a belated post, as I finished this read during a work trip earlier this week, but I had a loaner phone with no Litsy so I couldn't post about it in real time.
pickHaiku #1:
What shall I say to
Describe my thoughts on this book?
Best classic I've read.
Haiku #2
I literally
Read it in one and a half
hours: cried and laughed.
If you haven't read this book, I suggest you remedy that as soon as possible. Although, of course, everyone has different tastes on what is the best kind of book. :)
pickSuch a perfect cute picture book. Our main character is a paperboy and one day the news states that the wishing well is broken. The townspeople are up in arms about it and the boy goes to investigate the well. What happens after that is pure gold. The artwork is adorable and love the story.
so-so2.5⭐️ While the book was written very well, I just didn‘t connect very well with the characters. Partly it had to do with the fact that I was unable to put a time period to the story. #bookclub #canadian #fiction #historicalfiction
pickLane travels to her grandparents home in Scotland because her grandfather has suffered a heart attack. Once there,she discovers that her younger sister,Diana, is missing.Lane delves into Diana‘s intelligence war work in South Africa,to try & ascertain any links to her present circumstances. Meanwhile, Darling is sent to Scotland as well, by Nelson‘s town mayor to investigate a decades old mystery. #serieslove2025 #LaneWinslowMystery
pick#9 Lane is walking in a nearby meadow & meets up with an indigenous man,Tom,who is seeking to find his ancestral burial ground. Nearby,human remains are discovered.Meanwhile,in town,Lane & Darling‘s favorite Italian restaurant is deliberately set a fire.Suddenly,Darling is being investigated for taking bribes.The search for who is buried & who slandered Darling is on.#serieslove2025 #LaneWinslowMystery
pickThe Diviners, by Margaret Laurence (1974 🇨🇦) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Premise: When her daughter leaves home to find herself, an author recollects her own often difficult journey of self-discovery
Review: This is a deserved classic of Canadian literature, even if it left me feeling a bit empty. It succeeds best in its thematic exploration of storytelling, identity, and dispossession, and how those intersect with race, class, and gender. Cont.
