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Happy Freedom to Read Week! February 23-29 is Penguin Random House Canada’s “… an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.”
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I received an Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book courtesy of LibraryThing and Candlewick Press in exchange for an honest review. What Makes Us was published on October 15th, 2019.
What Makes Us by Rafi Mittlefehldt is a book about terrorism and the things our parents hide from us, about struggling with belonging and identity, and about how to deal with anger in the face of injustice.
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Illuminae is the second book I finished for the Reading Rush readathon. (The first was a Maximum Ride graphic novel, so I’m not going to write a review for it). It fulfilled the “read a book you meant to read last year” challenge.
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Sad Girls is aptly named because I definitely felt sad after reading it; sad that I had wasted my time on it.
I really love Sad Girls’ minimalistic cover. Unfortunately that’s the only thing I loved about this book.
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In Canada, June is also National Indigenous History Month. In honour of that, here is a review for a book written by an Indigenous author and featuring Indigenous characters.
Before I get into my personal opinion of this book, I wanted to say that I really appreciate the fact that this is an #ownvoices book; that is to say that it was written by a Métis author about a Métis character.
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Happy Pride month! 🏳️🌈 To start off the month, here’s a review about a book chock-full of LGBTQ+ characters.
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee adds even more wonderful characters to the already diverse cast presented in The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue.
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I know even less about The Aeneid than I did about The Odyssey when I read Love in the Time of Global Warming.
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This is the fifth book I’ve read for the Magical Readathon and another one of my bonus books. It fulfills the Divination exam criteria (read a book set in the future).
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Book # 4 (I think?) of the Magical Readathon done! This one was for my Ancient Runes exam (a retelling) and was one of my bonus books.
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