My rating: 3.5/5 stars Picture Perfect tells the story of Cassie Barret, a university anthropologist who is married to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Alex Rivers. From the outside, their relationship looks ‘picture perfect’ but in reality, their marriage is a terrible cycle of violence and denial. Trigger Warning: this book deals heavily with the… Continue reading Review: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 4/5 stars “Sometimes the truth is messy and difficult but it isn’t always best left. Sometimes it saves you.” Can I just say that it is impossible to read the title of this book and not automatically think of the popular song of the same name by Simple Minds, which then, for me,… Continue reading Review: Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi Mcfarlane
My rating: 2.5/5 stars Finished this one. I think it’s overhyped. There are interesting concepts backed by research described in this book. For example, I liked reading about the research surrounding how we can easily misunderstand people/misinterpret intentions due to mismatching behaviours. So for example, we think someone who is sad or guilty is meant… Continue reading Review: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
My rating: 5/5 stars It’s been a minute since I’ve been so engrossed in a book that I sacrificed sleep for it but I stayed up till 4am to finish this one and I have no regrets. In The Unhoneymooners, Olive Torres’s twin sister Ami is getting married to Dane Thomas. On the day of… Continue reading Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
My rating: 4/5 stars What an eye-opening, well researched and informative read. ‘The Skin We’re In’ goes into great detail about racial discrimination and police brutality in Canada. What I found most interesting was learning about the history of Indigenous and black people in Canada (particularly Nova Scotia), from the first black settlers and the… Continue reading Review: The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
My rating: 3.5/5 stars I found NW super slow to get into but it picks up in the middle and by the end you almost forget that you wanted to give up on it when you initially started. Almost. But since I didn’t forget, I’m gonna have to give this one 3.5 stars instead of… Continue reading Review: NW by Zadie Smith
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy My rating: 4/5 stars Personal development/self help books can be a hit or miss for me but this one was definitely a hit because I found it to be very practical. At the end of each chapter there are exercises that allow the reader to put into practice/create an… Continue reading March Wrap-Up
With the exception of “Winners Take All”, my office book club pick of the month; I spent February reading books by black authors. This month included: short fictional stories; memoirs on activism and an in-depth analysis on the future of social good. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas… Continue reading February Wrap-Up
I don’t know what it is about January but it always seems to go on forever. It’s been a busy start to the year but I managed to read four books so I’m pretty pleased. This month I dove into Sally Rooney’s books after seeing much hype about them all over the interwebs; the name… Continue reading January Wrap-Up
The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai My rating: 3.5/5 stars Alright so, this is essentially still the same old meet-cute romance formula we’re used to. Girl meets boy, they hit it off, feelings are suppressed, huge misunderstanding that could have been resolved if one person just waited 2 seconds to hear the other person out… Continue reading December Wrap-Up 2019
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