The Unexpected Twists and Turns
A bibliophile reviews fiction, graphic novels, YA and other stuff.
26 March 2021
Moms by Yeon-shin Ma
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Yeong-shin Ma has penned nine books in his native Korean, but Moms is his first to be published in English. The cartoonist is a self-desc...
21 March 2021
YA: My Body in Pieces by Marie-Noëlle Hébert
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If you want to understand what is going on in someone's mind who is struggling with body image then I highly recommend that you pre-ord...
20 March 2021
Year of the Rabbit by Tian Vesna
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Author and cartoonist Tian Veasna was born in 1975, three days after the fall of Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital. His parents and the ...
13 September 2020
Agnes, Murderess by Sarah Leavitt
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The 19th century Fraser Gold Rush attracted many gold hungry miners from California and the Pacific Northwest to Cariboo country in the colo...
14 August 2020
The Unknown by Anna Sommer
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Born in Aarau, Switzerland, cartoonist Anna Sommer is the force behind The Unknown , translated from the German by Helge Dascher. The Unknow...
Rat Time by Keiler Roberts
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Fans of the Ignatz award-winning comic artist Keiler Roberts will not be disappointed by her latest autobiographical work, Rat Time . As ...
21 March 2020
The Handbook to Lazy Parenting by Guy Delisle
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Originally from Quebec City and a graduate of Sheridan College, Guy Delisle is a best-selling and award-winning cartoonist...
29 December 2019
Review: Watermark by Christy Ann Conlin
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Five or six years ago, I used to receive a lot of books in the mail for review on my blog. It led to stacks of books and plenty of good in...
09 November 2019
LOCO Zero Waste: Bring Your Own Container
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I've hung out in libraries, cafés, bars and parks, but my latest hangout is the Villeray LOCO, a zero waste green grocer. It sells a r...
03 November 2019
Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
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Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, the award-winning author of Grass, is known for her work about the marginalized and for her manhwa, a South Korean co...
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