by Kate Quinn Read February 2022 Another great book by the author of The Huntress and The Alice Network. In The Rose Code, Kate Quinn follows her trend and tells the story of women doing important work during WWII. This time she weaves the tale of three women from different backgrounds working to crack coded…… Continue reading The Rose Code

by A. J. Finn Listened to January 2022 An interesting read reminiscent of Hitchcock’s Rear Window, this thriller has many twists and turns. A house-bound ex-phycologist has a tenuous hold on reality and the reader is constantly trying to discern truth from hallucination. I would classify this as what I call Gone Girl genre. It…… Continue reading The Woman in the Window

by Chevy Stevens Read January 2022 A story inspired by Canada’s infamous Highway of Tears, I thought this was going to be mostly Gone Girl-esque at the beginning but it did take some unexpected and interesting White Fang-like turns. This book is a good way to put a spotlight on the missing women associated with…… Continue reading Dark Roads

by Stacey Abrams Listened to January 2022 Definitely a runner-up for cheesiest title for a book I have ever read. The author is a well-known American politician and lawyer and sometimes her explanations of the American political or law systems were a bit tiring. The book did pick up toward the middle though and turned…… Continue reading While Justice Sleeps

by Megan Miranda Listened to January 2022 You know how Edward Scissorhands portrays the cookie cutter suburban neighbourhood to be so perfect it becomes creepy? This book is a bit like that but instead of the introduction of a scissor-handed teenager, the citizens of this community get some unsolved murders to inject the unexpected into…… Continue reading Such a Quiet Place

by Gary Paulsen Listened to January 2022 This is a story of survival in the wilderness after a plane crash and the survivor is a child. My son read this before I did. I think he was 10 at the time and he was enthralled. It is a pretty exciting book and it is fun…… Continue reading Hatchet

by Matt Haig Read in January 2022 This book reminded me a little of The Invisible Life of Addie LeRue by V. E. Schwab. The main characters in both are lonely and isolated because of their unnatural longevity. While Addie LeRue is a tale of self-discovery and acceptance, How to Stop Time is a love…… Continue reading How to Stop Time

by Jean Hanff Korelitz Listened to December 2021 I don’t want to say too much and give everything away. This book reminded me of a modern version of a much-loved classic but if I tell you which one, I will ruin it. This story within a story is well-written and although the twist isn’t a…… Continue reading The Plot

by Fred Sasakamoose Read December 2021 The rest of the title is: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player. This is the autobiography of the first Indigenous player in the NHL. I am not really a hocky fan but I am a fan of passionate people. The author…… Continue reading Call me Indian

by Alex Michaelides Listened to December 2021 I thought this was a pretty interesting book and had a clever turn I didn’t see coming for a long time. The patient in the title is an artist who was living a fairytale life until she inexplicably shot her husband one night then never spoke again. The…… Continue reading The Silent Patient