Book Review: Bone Parish by Jonas Scharf, Cullen Bunn, and Alex Guimaráes

Bone Parish follows a family that thrives in crime together. The Winters family managed to create a new designer hallucinogenic drug, one taking the streets of New Orleans by storm. This is no normal drug either. Paralleling the use of mummy and bone dust by our ancestors, this new drug incorporates the ashes of the […]

Book Review: Jubilant Journeys by Connie Spenuzza

Jubilant Journeys is a travelogue memoir spanning decades, detailing the travel adventures of Connie and Peter Spenuzza. The stories are not strictly chronological. Rather, they follow their own delightful meandering path through the narrative of the chapter. Many of the tales revolve around genealogical research into Connie’s family and ancestors. In searching relentlessly for information […]

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Forest Bathing Retreat by Hannah Fries Full of achingly gorgeous photos, Forest Bathing Retreat by Hannah Fries is a beautiful introduction to the concept of shinrin-ryoku, or forest bathing. Scattered throughout are quotes and poems by nature-oriented people, and each section contains meditative suggestions to help you with your own exploration of the rejuvenating effects […]

Book Review: Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

What if you weren’t the hero? As a bard’s apprentice, Kihrin grew up with tales of legendary deeds. He also steals, desperate to buy a way out of Quur’s slums. Then he raids the wrong house, he’s marked by a demon and life will never be the same again. Kihrin’s plight brings him to the […]

Nature

Flower Talk by Sarah Levine Flower Talk by Sarah Levine is a cute read that teaches kids about the wonder of flower communication. The narrator is an adorably grumpy cactus who takes the reader through the pollination process. Next up is flower colours, and who they are communicating with. There are lots of neat facts […]

History

Vault of Frankenstein by Paul Ruditis Vault of Frankenstein by Paul Ruditis takes the reader from the earliest, mere inkling of the iconic Frankenstein, when it was but an idea in Shelley’s mind, through to the enduring legacy still vibrantly alive today. This is the charting of a legend, the mark of an outstanding story. […]

Book Review: A Mortal Likeness by Laura Joh Rowland

A Mortal Likeness is second in Laura Joh Rowland’s Victorian Mysteries series. In the aftermath of the Ripper case, Miss Sarah Bain and Lord Hugh Staunton set up a detective agency. Cases are sparse, and funds sparser. While tracking an adulterous husband, the pair stumble upon evidence that may be of help regarding a prominent […]

Ink by Jobie Baldwin

Ink Jobie Baldwin (Tribe, #1) Publication date: October 6th 2018 Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult A powerful god, a magical tattoo and a rebellious teenager. What could possibly go wrong? Christian, an unruly English teenager, stumbles onto a mysterious tattoo parlor. Possessed by the Rune God, Hagalaz, he becomes immortal, gifted with magical powers which […]

Book Review: Star Trek Vol 9: Q Gambit by Mike Johnson & Tony Shasteen

Star Trek Vol 9: Q Gambit collects the six issues of the Kelvin Timeline Star Trek comics together in graphic novel format. The omnipotent multi-dimensional being Q has plucked Kirk and crew from their explorations, ostensibly to show Kirk that there is such a thing as a no-win situation. But there’s more, as always, to […]

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Native American ABC by Lisa & Colten Lechowicz Told through charming couplets, the Lechowicz’s Native American ABC teaches young readers their alphabet, while simultaneously introducing Native American cultural associations. The artwork is simply gorgeous. Even though all of my cubs are far older than the target age-range, we all enjoyed reading this book. In fact, […]