My Sister’s Mother by Donna Urbikas
The following is a guest post by Donna Urbikas, author of My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia. A couple of years ago I took myself on… Read More »My Sister’s Mother by Donna Urbikas
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Interview With Jonathan LaPoma
The following is a guest post by Jonathan LaPoma, author of Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an… Read More »Interview With Jonathan LaPoma
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
16-year-old Thomas wakes up in a dark elevator, and the only thing he remembers is his first name. When the doors open, a group of boys is staring at him,… Read More »The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Traveling Left of Center by Nancy Christie
The following is a guest post by Nancy Christie, author of Traveling Left of Center. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me… Read More »Traveling Left of Center by Nancy Christie
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Fault in Our Stars is the story of Hazel Grace Lancaster, an empathetic 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer. She has been battling the illness since the age of 12,… Read More »The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Divergent by Veronica Roth
In the first book in the Divergent Trilogy, Beatrice lives in a future Chicago where people are divided into 5 factions representing the main characteristic of each person: Abnegation (selflessness),… Read More »Divergent by Veronica Roth
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
I arrived an hour early at Southminster United Church in Ottawa on Tuesday 24 September 2013. Already there was a line for the event One on One with Margaret Atwood.… Read More »MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood, the second book in the MaddAddam trilogy, came out 6 years after Oryx and Crake in 2009. It is not a sequel, but rather a… Read More »The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
On 24 September 2013, Margaret Atwood came to Ottawa to present the last book in the MaddAddam Trilogy. The event took place at the Southminster United Church, and the place… Read More »Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood