Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Old Babes in the Wood - Margaret Atwood A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend... Continue Reading →
If you follow any type of literary movement on social media, you've likely seen Colleen Hoover's name attached. Hoover's books have completely blown up on #booktok and her 2016 novel "It Ends With Us" is one of the most-mentioned novels on these lists. It's now been 7 years since this book was originally published, and... Continue Reading →
Book clubs offer a great opportunity for friends and book lovers to gather (whether virtually or in person) to catch up and discuss a good book. There’s only two problems with this activity and they seem to come up at every meeting: what book should the group read next and how do you find enough... Continue Reading →
I have seen this book appear on multiple lists over the years, so it was always in the back of my mind to read. As I started this book, my husband pointed out that it didn't look like my "usual" type of book. One of my reading goals for this year is to open myself... Continue Reading →
Back in 2021, I gave myself a goal of reading 15 books. I ended up reading 21, so naturally, I raised the stakes for myself, and in 2022 gave myself a goal of reading 30 books. I typically read on my lunch at work, as well as in my spare time, so I figured this... Continue Reading →
This week, meet Ruth - Read This Next's newest host filling in for Laura! This week Nicole and Ruth discuss a variety of urban fantasy novels with hints of crime. Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next, listen through your web browser, or watch on our YouTube channel.... Continue Reading →
WE ARE THE ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature with Acts of RestorativeKindness, by Mary Reynolds, illustrations by Ruth Evans. ARK stands for Acts of Restorative Kindness, a grassroots movement started by the author, a “reformed” internationally acclaimed landscape designer. As she describes it, “an ARK is a resorted native ecosystem”. It’s a... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Locust Lane - Stephen Amidon For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon’s Locust Lane is a taut and utterly propulsive story about the search for justice and the fault lines of power and influence in a seemingly idyllic town. Can anyone... Continue Reading →
I have a distant memory of reading "The Night Circus" more than 10 years ago, but much like the novel itself, it remained a mystery. I decided to reread it (and since I remembered only that a circus was involved - which I think I just gathered from the title - I was essentially reading... Continue Reading →
Book clubs offer a great opportunity for friends and book lovers to gather (whether virtually or in person) to catch up and discuss a good book. There’s only two problems with this activity and they seem to come up at every meeting: what book should the group read next and how do you find enough... Continue Reading →
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