A Bookworm's World

Certain Girls is the long awaited sequel to "Good in Bed", featuring Cannie Shapiro. When we last saw Cannie she had found happin...

Looking for a non stop psychological thriller? Then you've got to read Shatter by Michael Robotham. Robotham is fast becoming one of m...

I read the first of Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series a few years ago. Although I enjoyed it, I didn't seek out the subs...

Harper Collins Canada releases Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon April 22. This is McMahon's second novel, but the first I...

Well I'm still not feeling good and have abandoned reading for a bit. I admit it - I've been watching movies, but I thought I would ...

Okay I am sick, like really, really don't want to move sick. So I spent all weekend on the couch, armed with Kleenex, fluids, antibioti...

I picked this one up based on the subtitle's promise - "Women Doing Time on the Outside". From the flyleaf - " Why in th...

Killer Year edited by Lee Child, with an afterword by Laura Lippman is a collection of short stories by new and upcoming young authors. The...

Emma Donoghue's latest historical novel " The Sealed Letter" has just been released by Harper Collins Canada . I first disc...

There are legions of Joy Fielding fans. Her novels make best selling lists and I'm sure Charley's Web will be no exception. Fieldi...

I'm going to this!!!! With my daughter!!! http://adcsquad.com/ncaa/achampionship/index.html

What are the origins of April Fool's Day anyway? This is a pretty fun link - the top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes ever. Here's ...

After River by Donna Milner was released by Harper Collins Canada on Friday March 28. It's summer 1966 in British Columbia, a stone...

It was the subtitle of this book that grabbed me. "One man's quest to wash dishes in all fifty states" How could you not be i...

Killer Heat is the 10 th eagerly awaited novel in the Alex Cooper crime series. Fairstein is writing from experience. She ran the sex cri...

But you can never have enough books right? Or enough books on hold at the library. The Spring and Summer releases are now in the catalogue a...

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan is a stunning debut novel. I was absolutely blown away by this book. The cover art captured me first. The star...

Okay so after I decided Thursday to sit on the couch with a good book, I did just that. I picked up Unpredictable by Eileen Cook off the new...

Here in Canada Good Friday is observed as a statutory holiday. My daughter and son in law live the US. Interestingly it is a not a federal ...

Okay - so the groundhogs were wrong. I have double checked and all three big names in the groundhog prediction business said Spring would b...