It has been a summer of reviews over here, friends! There are SO MANY amazing books coming out this fall, I hope you’re all tuned in and ready to read!  I was so pleased to receive a copy of Danila Botha’s debut novel (Coming out at the end of September! Pre-order now! Thank you Danila!) Continue reading

If you didn’t know Jamal Saeed’s own story, you would naturally think his stories are heartfelt and fanciful takes on fairytales, that they draw on folklore and the beauty of the natural world for inspiration. And you would be correct, they are. But when you learn that a number of the stories in the collection Continue reading

 As promised, I have another review, thanks to the kind people at ECW Insiders! This month’s review is The Witch of Willow Sound by Vanessa F. Penney. The story follows Phaedra (Fade) Luck, who we first meet sleeping rough in a Halifax cemetery after walking away from every aspect of her life, but especially from Continue reading

It has been some time since I’ve posted a review, and I’ve missed them! So when I received an email from the ECW Insiders, I was jumped at the chance to request a book or two for review. There were SO MANY books that looked amazing, but the one that REALLY stood out for me Continue reading

I have become a walking to work person. I started walking to work—or actually, at that time, home from work—in August, which is really not the best time to start anything physical out of doors in southern Ontario except maybe for swimming. But my brain held the notion that if I could walk ~40 minutes Continue reading

I attended Wild Writers in Waterloo at the beginning of the month, and honestly what a way to kick off cozy season. If you’ve never been, I encourage you to put this festival on your radar for next year and maybe even check out this year’s programme to see what you missed (not to be Continue reading

It’s dark in the mornings when I wake up now. I love it. I finally feel like me again, moving quietly through the house, not turning on many lights, as if the day can’t start until the lights are on and I’m trying to delay the moments I have to flip on the kitchen lights. Continue reading

I started pulling a tarot card a day on January 1st.  I’m using this daily card as a way to reconnect with the deck that sat unused for close to two decades. I knew where it was, safely wrapped up in the attic amid some of my other things. I could see it in my Continue reading

I always feel there is an urgency to a story that begins in the midst of a journey. Whether it’s via train, car, or other mode of transportation, it sets the scene for an escape, a life change, or an adventure. Sometimes all of the above. And then, to add to that, a novel with Continue reading

I read All Things Seen And Unseen by RJ McDaniel in one sitting. I am not exaggerating. There was something so propulsive and anxiety-inducing (and I mean that in a good way!) about the novel that I couldn’t put it down, nor did I want to. This novel is a page-turner among page-turners. The story Continue reading