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Thanks so much to everyone who commented on my review of R.L. Prendergast’s novel Dinner with Lisa. If you missed the review, you can check it out here. And thank you to R.L. Prendgergast for hosting this giveaway! Without further ado, the winner of a copy of Dinner with Lisa is: Leah! Leah is a [...]

Set in the heart of the Depression era, Dinner With Lisa by R.L. Prendergast manages something I wasn’t expecting: a main character I cheered for (even out loud on a few occasions) AND a detailed historical account of an era that made me want to learn more. Dinner with Lisa is Rod Prendergast’s second novel, [...]

Update: Sapphire Blue Publishing has closed, so you can now find J.S.’s book, Unscripted, with Breathless Press. Unscripted has been updated and renamed: Unscripted – Book One of the Duty Bound Series. I jumped at the chance the review J.S. Marlo’s second novel, Unscripted, for several reasons. First and foremost, J.S. Marlo is an Alberta [...]

Phew! Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew by Stuart Ross is one heavy read. You wouldn’t expect an unassuming little paperback (only 175 pages, and smaller than your average book) to pack such an emotional punch, but this book made my heart heavy. That’s not to say I wouldn’t read it again though; Stuart Ross is a masterful [...]

Reading Love Minus Zero by Lori Hahnel was a little bit like snooping on someone’s diary, and a little bit like reading my own diary (except with much better writing). The book follows a girl named Kate’s life over thirty years, beginning with her teenage years in Calgary’s punk scene. Now, I have never spent time in the [...]