review
Granite – A Cozy Fall Read
Although it’s still warm and sunny, the calender and the weather forecasters are telling me that Fall is right around the corner. As with movies and food our tastes change with the weather from blockbusters, beach reads, and grilled summer eats to historical and family dramas, literary fiction, and comforting casseroles and pasta. Granite, a literary fiction novel with a pinch of mystery thrown into the mix, kicks [...]
The Law of Three is The Lone Survivor!
This summer 75 teens took part in the Orillia Public Library’s Teen Survivor Book Club, which saw 7 books – Everlost by Neal Shusterman, How to be Popular by Meg Cabot, Slam by Nick Hornby, Operation Red Jericho by Joshua Mowll, My Summer on Earth by Tom Lombardi, Thirsty by M.T. Anderson, and The Law [...]
Review Round-Up
Time for another review round-up! Today’s round-up is brought to you by Shelf Life. The September and October issues of Shelf Life featured not one, not two, but four Dundurn books! What follows are a few snippets from the reviews.
Twelve Trees – Opposing Views
J.D. Carpenter’s first literary fiction novel Twelve Trees has been receiving positive and even glowing reviews so it was with dismay that I read Margaret Cannon’s lukewarm review in which she writes that
“[Priam] Harvey, unemployed, bar habitué, gambler and storyteller is a terrific character. He can carry a novel on his own but this one, [...]
To Timbuktu for a Haircut – one heck of a book!
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Rick Antonson’s To Timbuktu for a Haircut garnered yet another good review, this time in the Globe and Mail on Saturday, Aug. 9th. Here’s part of what they had to say: “chapters are nicely embroidered with local tones and textures, a regional history of West Africa, the Tuareg people and accounts of early European exploration.” [...]
Jack Taggart At His Best
It was a pretty good weekend publicity wise for Dundurn with three mentions in the Globe and Mail Books Section. First up, Angel in the Full Moonby Don Easton, which was reviewed by Margaret Cannon as part of her Crime Books column. Former undercover operative Don Easton brings twenty years of experience to this third gritty [...]
Not Just Another Kid Detective
That’s what reviewer Stephanie Yip had to say about The Law of Three by Caroline Rennie Pattison, which features teen sleuth Sarah Martin. In The Law of Three, Sarah is teamed up with Byron Hopper, whose family has long been the subject of rumours, for a geography project. The most sinister rumours surrounding the family is [...]
