Title: The One Author: John Marrs Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: January 26 2017 Cups of Tea: 5/5 The One is told in 5 different perspectives which I found to be confusing to keep track of where each character is at the moment in their stories. The common thread between all 5 main characters is …
From Goodreads: Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living …
On Sunday I went to the Friends of the Library books sale that I mentioned last week. We went on the last day, which meant we could fill a bag with as many books as possible for only $3! However, there were not a lot of books left over since it was the last day. …
Title: Before I Fall Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: Harper Collins Published: February 14 2010 Cups of Tea: Before I Fall By Lauren Oliver is a Young Adult (YA) contemporary novel. There is some supernatural aspects to this story as it involves the main protagonist, Samantha Kingston, to relive the same day repeatedly for seven days. …
Synopsis from Goodreads “Carl Streator is a reporter investigating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for a soft-news feature. After responding to several calls with paramedics, he notices that all the dead children were read the same poem from the same library book the night before they died. It's a 'culling song' - an ancient African spell …
This past weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving. I went to see my dad via train and travelled in business class for the first time. I went after I was done work at 6pm, and it was amazing; I had got dinner and had 3 glasses of wine included in my ticket price. The train takes about …
From Goodreads: “In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her--freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over. …
This week was super exciting! I didn’t work my morning program on Monday morning due to negotiations finally being settled late Sunday night. I felt mixed emotions – I wanted a week off to read and work on this blog, but I also wanted to work and interact with my kids. So Monday was a …
Title: The Boat People Author: Sharon Bala Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada Published: January 2018 Cups of Tea: It took me awhile to get really invested into this book. About a quarter of the way through I got more interested and invested; it began to capture my attention. The way that Bala intertwined the three …
This month I tried to come up with a theme for the books I plan on reading. .” When I think of October I think of pumpkins, cozy reading socks, blankets, and a good scary book. It didn’t exactly pan out the way I wanted since I started reading The Testaments this month, but the …
