As you will see from my picture, I got my hands on a copy of Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin! Â This is the sequel to Wolf by Wolf which I adored. Â You can read my review. Â Those of you who follow my blog will know that I missed out on this one at BEA in Chicago, and that it was one of my most anticipated reads for 2016. Â Hachette Canada was kind enough to send me an Advanced Reader Copy. Â Thank you soooooo much. Â Expect me to shar...
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch is the first in a young adult fantasy series centering around Meira, a young refugee left orphaned when her country was overrun and conquered by a neighbouring power. Â It focusses on her struggle to locate the missing magical Conduit of Winter and to free her imprisoned countrymen. What I liked The world. Â I really enjoyed the world that Raasch has built for her story. Â There are eight kingdoms; four Se...
Every summer a large, Broadway style musical comes to Montreal – read about my Wicked obsession from a couple of years ago.  Generally it’s in English and plays at the huge Salle Wilfred Pelletier.  This year, as the flagstone show of the Juste Pour Rire festival a Quebecois it was decided to stage a French language version of hit show Mary Poppins.  It was considered quite a risk, given the size of the production, but judgin...
Hello, yes I know I’ve missed a reading roundup – my apologies for that.  I’ve had a lot of shifts at work and was working some crazy hours over the last few weeks.  Also I had a virus which left me rather run down.  Also, there were some great season finale TV shows on – Game of Thrones and Outlander – which I really wanted to watch.  Also LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens won’t play itself.  Anyway, enough...
Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine is the second in The Great Library series and is the sequel to Ink and Bone, which was one of my favourite reads from last year. Â I realised I never did a full review of it. Â Bad Evelynne. Â Paper and Fire was also one of my most anticipated reads for 2016 and it did not disappoint. Â For those of you not familiar with this series, it is a contemporary alternate reality/fantasy in which the Great Library...
One of my pleasures on a Sunday evening has been watching HBO’s Game of Thrones season six.  This is the first time that the show has outpaced George R.R. Martin’s books which made it a particularly fascinating season.  The season was for me a mixture of highs and lows, with more highs than lows.  I will split the post here for those who don’t want any spoilers about season six....
Good morning.  This week I’ve been really unfocussed in my reading.  I’ve dipped into several books, but not finished that many of them.  It’s been a crazy busy week for me at work, which hasn’t helped.  OK I admit it.  Any free time I’ve had I’ve spent playing Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens rather than reading.  Those games are addictive. One book I did finish and enjoyed was His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik. ...
Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia is a new book/audiobook/app series from the creator of Downton Abbey.  It is set in the Belgravia quarter of London in 1841 with a prequel set in Brussels in 1815.  The lives of two families, the rich, titled Bellasis family and the nouveau riche Trenchards are brought together at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball and the effects are felt down the years.  It is available in ebook format, as an audiobook a...
Good morning and welcome to another reading roundup.  And happy St Jean to my fellow Quebecers! [book-info]This week I read the wonderful Iron to Iron, the prequel novella to Ryan Graudin’s Wolf by Wolf.  Like Wolf by Wolf, it is set in an alternate universe in which the Axis won World War II.  It tells the story of Luka Löwe and Adele Wolfe’s burgeoning romance during the 1955 Axis Tour, a relationship which causes much of the ...
Thank you for nominating me, ajoobacats at Ajoobacats blog, for The Versatile Blogger Award. Rules: Show the award on your blogThank the person that has nominated youShare 7 different facts about yourselfNominate 5 blogs of your choiceLink your nominees and let them know of your nomination Seven facts about me: I was born and raised in Scotland but am now married to an American and live in Quebec As well as Scotland and Canada, I have ...