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Etsy Book Blind Dates #1: Marys Makes and Mends
While there’s a lot of promise for Marys Makes and Mends, it just falls short of its potential and its value to bookish Canadians.
Life’s Library Bookclub Subscription Box Review
An affordable book box for Canadians? Reaally? Life’s Library Bookclub is a smaller book box that’s focused on the books, not the goods.
Book Review: No one should be ready for Ready Player One
Ready Player One is one of those books that’s just drenched in nostalgia bait. It’s Stranger Things, but without the spooky atmosphere and fun characters.
Book Review: Shine by Jessica Jung Has No Sparkle
Shine by Jessica Jung has a promising start, but pukes all over its idol’s shoes by the end. It’s dramatic and messy in a way that will turn some off.
Book Review: Radical Candor Calls Out Bad Bosses
If you’re a bad boss, have had a bad boss, or are just a boss in general? Bad bosses are a plague in office life. Radical Candor just might be the cure.
Book Review: Soft Science is Poetry for Androids
Soft Science is futuristic android poetry that avoids tropes to shine a mirror back on us. Are we human when we treat conscious beings like objects?
Book Review: The Stranger in the Woods
Stranger in the Woods is the fascinating story of a man who isolated himself for 30 years. Fed up with society, being a hermit felt like the only move.
Book Review: The Octopus Museum shows a Beautiful End
No matter what, it always feels like humanity will make it through. Not this time. Welcome to the Octopus Museum. All hail our cephalopod overlords!
Book Review: Get Well Soon is the Perfect Pandemic Read
In Get Well Soon, Jennifer Wright tackles death and disease with a wry sense of humour that helps ease the fears that come with plagues.