Retreat by Random House

Here at the Random House of Canada office, we’ve all been counting down the days until April 2nd. And now the day is finally here… Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life is now available in bookstores near you! If you haven’t heard the buzz surrounding this book, this post is going to catch you up to [...]

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  Shadow Girl by Patricia Morrison Chapters-Indigo | Amazon My reading tastes vary… the majority of the time I read fiction, but every once in awhile I like to dip into the Young Adult genre. When I picked up a copy of Patricia Morrison’s Shadow Girl, it was early morning on a Saturday. My plan [...]

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  Chapters-Indigo | Amazon Sometimes a book comes along that makes you  stop in your tracks. It’s the book everyone in your office is reading and it’s the book everyone is talking about wherever you go. This is exactly what happened when we heard early chatter about a Canadian author writing a powerful and sexy [...]

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When I was a wee tot, nothing would thrill me more than turning the calendar to December 1. December 1st meant  Christmas music would begin playing in the malls, it meant that eating sugary goods was acceptable and it also meant that Christmas movies and books were going to be in full force. As the [...]

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Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington Chapters-Indigo | Amazon In 2009, I went to the theater to watch The September Issue with every intention of seeing what really goes on behind the glass doors of Vogue Magazine. I was also very interested in getting a closer look at the woman behind Vogue, Anna Wintour. But [...]

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There are so many gift guides out there that give you suggestions for what to buy for other people. But sometimes the real problem is answering the question: “What do you want for Christmas?” I don’t know about you, but I always draw a blank–and it’s by no means because I have everything. So we [...]

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Teaching: It’s Harder Than It Looks by Gerry Dee Chapters-Indigo | Amazon A while back I started watching CBC’s Mr. D, a comedy starring Gerry Dee about the on goings of being a teacher. Before Gerry Dee became an actor, he was a comedian and before that, he was a high school teacher. He’s made [...]

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  The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe Chapters-Indigo | Amazon Books have the ability to take you on adventures, they can make you cry, they can make you laugh, but more importantly, they provide knowledge. When I picked up the manuscript of Will Schwalbe’s The End of Your Life Book Club this [...]

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Up and Down by Terry Fallis Chapters-Indigo | Amazon When I write reviews, I like to focus on the book; the character development, the plot and what the book meant to me. But when it comes to Terry Fallis, it’s hard not to focus on the man behind the pages, mostly because he’s a bit [...]

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The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen Chapters Indigo | Amazon We get many books that land on our desk, but back in May among the many manuscripts, advanced reading copies and finished books, I saw Susin Nielsen’s name. I pushed everything aside and grabbed it right away, as I was such a [...]

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