Our book club pick for August. The audiobook‘s narrator was terrible so I quickly switched to the book instead. We as women have been so horribly gaslit on womanhood and housewives and just everything else. Ridiculous and so frustrating to read about. A good book club choice I think!

Another excellent coming of age story by Simon Tolkien! Towards the final part it became a touch drawn out but overall I really enjoyed it. Part 2 is coming soon apparently.

I only have 4 days in my 7 day loan to finish. I have to get cracking! It‘s a good book so far though so I should be able to do it. (I just wish our library gave us a few more days to read in demand books)

Outdoor reading season has begun! Now getting darker so getting harder but today was a really beautiful day to sit outside and read. #CanLit #CanadianWomenCodebreakers

A good look at a long marriage but I could never get away from the feeling of great sadness for Ruth. She lost everything about herself, sacrificed everything, every hope, aspiration and dream and was seriously gaslit into being fulfilled and happy.

Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook! The narrator was perfectly suited to tell this fantastic coming of age story about 14-year-old Mary Jane.

There was a lot to like about this one, but there was also a lot I found quite silly. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wonderful!! Needed tissues at the end and that makes it a winner for me!

I saw someone give this 5-stars and say it was a must read. It was available in audio from Hoopla. I just started this morning and I already don‘t want to stop listening to it!

Loving this so far. All epistolary 🥰

Purchases made yesterday. 🥰

Took this Friday off before the holiday on Monday to give myself an extra long weekend. Spending it outside enjoying this beautifully breezy day.

MacLeod is the master of the short story. Period. I loved this collection. Nothing more to be said really. #CanLit

Ran to Indigo to get the new Backman book and the new Natalie Jenner too. Had a coupon for 20% off. Bought the Book Club candle (smells good but fail on if just being this small plain blue glass? I thought Book Club would be printed on it?) and a staff pick of “One Hundred Saturdays” and library card bookmark. 😊

An excellent story, seamlessly told Canadian history lesson, and a group of women that I want to sit with for a little longer before picking up another book right away.

That night, Flora knelt beside the bed in her hotel room and prayed that her father would forgive her for using her dowry not to find a husband, but to lose one.

Finished the first story, Mr. Harrigan‘s Phone and it was excellent. Will Patton as always is fantastic. I‘m listening to the second story Thanks Chuck! but the narrator isn‘t as good, but just found out today this story will be a movie coming out soon with Tom Hiddleston.

It‘s been awhile since a publisher has sent a book. Looking forward to reading this one! So far so good. Thank you #Simon&SchusterCanada #canlit

Absolutely loved this in audio. Wil Wheaton performed it and was perfection. A book I never would have imagined to pick up and did so on a whim. It‘s been the best boost to my otherwise pretty dull reading year so far. I highly recommend the audio. Lots of fun and laugh out loud moments with an on-point message for today‘s current affairs too.

Took a day off today and walked my usual trail this morning. First time I‘ve ever seen one of these guys just sitting there so calm and unbothered!

Been in a bit of a slump (feels like for the past 3 months!! Nothing has knocked my socks off) so I‘m going to buddy read Lonesome Dove with my fellow Hoarder Elizabeth. Everyone and everyone has proclaimed this to be fantastic. Which scares me because what happens if it‘s not?? 858 pages of pretty small print though 😮 Here I go!!

A beautifully written (and translated) love letter to Emily Dickinson and also a beautifully written exploration of grief. I do hope this beautiful piece of literary fiction is moved to the Shortlist for the Carol Shields Prize. #CanLit @Lindy

I was floundering trying to find a book that would stick. I think I started and stopped about 5 or 6 before just reaching for a Lesley Crewe. I knew she wouldn‘t disappoint and she certainly didn‘t here. Once again wonderful characters! Great story about a woman finding her own agency on her own terms.

Needed something light and would make me laugh. Saw someone say this was a lot of fun and it was narrated by Wil Wheaton so I grabbed it. I‘m enjoying this very much

A good one! A good one for our book club I think - we‘ll see how the rest feel when we meet at the end of March.

No idea what it‘s really about, all I needed to know is that it‘s a new Graham Norton. First chapter in and I think it‘s going to be a good one!

Cute. A nice little boost of happy which is what I expect from a Lipman book. Good to lose some time in this one instead of the heavy barrage of shitty current events. A 3.5 star for me.

While I was in the library this one was just sitting there in the new releases.. this sounds interesting!! Will get to it after my “quick read” Lipman book!

Now I‘m on to something lighter and I hope beings the funny! I always find Lipman‘s books to be a nice boost to the mood!

Another solid and excellent piece of great storytelling. A book about reckoning and betrayal. The continuation and end of this Cain and Abel story he started in The Kingdom. The ending was maybe a little tiny but so-so but overall another excellent tale told by Nesbo.

“Some family trees spread sickness. They should‘ve been cut down a long time ago.” Once again fantastic storytelling by Nesbo. Almost finished - it‘s due back to the library tomorrow.

However, this just came in from the library and is only a 7-day loan! So I must shift to this one. Did anyone read The Kingdom by Nesbo? It is the first in this series and it was so good, so I‘m excited to get into this one!

This is for our book club and I put the other two aside to start this one. Easily getting into it!

So I decided to send both of these back to the library. I know they are there waiting g for me to read them when I‘m in the right mood. I was struggling a bit trying to find something to settle into and both of these just weren‘t it at this time.

Picked up these two from the library. Going to start with the new Ivey one.

It was okay. Pretty predictable by the end and I found it wandered around trying to talk about all different kinds of things. So, not too focused. Just okay.

This one is due back to the library sooner than Juice so I started it last night. I‘m enjoying it so far.

Next up. I don‘t normally read dystopian stories, but I do hear amazing things about Tim Winton‘s writing so we‘ll give it a go. (I also read/finished Mrs. Nash‘s Ashes for book club. 🙁 it wasn‘t what I was hoping it would be - a light read to calm my mind - it was light but it was filled with the toxic male behaviour and the women that scramble to love them and ruin their self-worth in the process.)

It was okay but not the standout 5-star read others I‘ve seen rate it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Really liked this one!

So. I‘ve been listening to this. Maybe about 2 hours in. Mark Bramhall is PERFORMING this. But. It‘s dark. It‘s disturbing. It‘s increasingly weirdly violent with bizarre religious fervour and violence. I don‘t mind grit but I‘m not certain I want to continue with it? Anyone else read it? To the end?

It‘s raining out. I‘ve made my cup of tea and let‘s settle in and get this book read! No distractions. I feel like I‘ve been distracted by other books (and my phone) so I‘m going to focus and finally get this book finished! It‘s a perfect day for it right? ☔️

The library is determined to keep me from finishing The God in the Woods! This came in for me today. (I mean I could probably focus on finishing TGITW before starting this one…we‘ll see!)

A pick but with some “buts”. I loved chapter 6. I loved part III with Eva‘s journal that connected the book nicely for me. But a lot of the times I felt a bit distanced from it. I don‘t know how to express it any better than that.

Just an appreciation post for this bookmark. There are a few more like this and I need to go back and buy all of them. They‘re beautiful 🥰

Currently reading 2 books with moody green covers. Have been noticing the use of green instead of blue that was everywhere a number of years ago.

What did I just read? This wasn‘t for me - I‘m trying to read more Classics this year and this was to be a prequel to Jane Eyre. Here‘s to hoping my reading experience is vastly different for Jane Eyre than it was for Wide Sargasso Sea.

Alright. Mixed reviews for this one. But I love Liz Moore so I‘m jumping into this one. Another one where I‘m thrilled the publisher spent time on the insides of the book.

I quite enjoyed this one!! Now the well-worn saga of “what do I read next??” The first book choice of the year is so important!

I do love when publishers make a great effort like this for books. Every chapter, section, quotes like this have received nice attention. It makes for an enjoyable reading experience for sure.