The Inimitable Miss Kleber

I chose to read this book for two reasons, it’s a 2019 YRCA Title, and because I love Shakespeare, which might not make sense, except...

Woolbur is an adventurous little lamb. As much as Maa and Paa might despair. Woolbur likes to do things differently, and why shouldn't...

I enjoy the Llama Llama books. They are written in rhyme, and are fun to read out loud. But they are also about how sometimes people have...

This is a slightly heartbreaking story about Murphy, the Tibetan Terrier is a cute, sweet dog who's curiosity frequently gets him into...

My husband and I already had two cats when we decided to adopt a dog. If my cats could speak in Haiku, at least one of them would behave...

Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku is amazing! Different Haikus are organized as separate incident (The Shelter, The Naming). Naptime!...

I cannot imagine the joy of finding beautiful yarn in a lovely box, but I CAN imagine having Extra Yarn. It is something very familiar to...

This time we hear stream of consciousness diary writing from BABY wombat! So adorable! A poor beleaguered mother wombat tries to get some...

Written as a stream of consciousness diary entry, Christmas Wombat tracks the musings of a grumpy wombat's Christmas adventures. I loved...

Have you ever had an item of clothing you just hated? Well for poor little Owl, it's his new orange scarf. I loved the inventive ways in...

This is a beautiful book. Lovely watercolour illustrations on each page set the tone for this slightly more detailed story of the three...

Four(ish) years ago, after a semester of reading Thomas Hardy and Naturalism I started reading the Twilight series over the...

Tana wakes up after passing out at a house party. As she walks through the house in a mission to collect her purse, jacket, and boots she...

So… Mila 2.0 was billed as a “Bourne Identity–style trilogy about a girl who discovers she is actually an android” which is almost...

Sigh. I’m so torn about this book. The characters were wonderful, glorious even, but after reading a long line of crappy YRCA titles...

Wow. Just wow. I haven’t been this impressed with a book in a long time. I didn’t want to like it, it’s my nemeses’ favourite book, so I...

I was so quickly brought back to Junior High School in the reading of this graphic novel it was a little dizzying. Callie wants to be...

Picture Sam from Supernatural + The Scoobies from Buffy the Vampire Slayer + Dexter + that episode of Bones where Brennan wakes up in...

Helen lives on the island of Nantucket with her father. She has lived there all her life, and despite hating the ocean, Helen doesn’t...

For this review I should be very clear about two things: I listened to the audio book instead of reading it I emphatically dislike...