Category: Fiction

Adult fiction reviews.

"In any case, it was then I recognized that my own values–the tenets I hold dear as an Englishman–they were not the only, nor the best, values in existence. I understood there were many ways of being in the world, that to privilege one rigid set of beliefs over another was to lose something." quote from Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.

Bonnie Way May 30, 2025

Washington Black by Esi Edugyen (winner of the 2018 Giller Prize)

Fiction

Awesome Canadian Authors Who Write about Canada. Stock photo of books sitting open on a desk with a blue background.

Bonnie Way April 16, 2025

Awesome Canadian Authors Who Write about Canada

Fiction

"A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bare-headed, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes." opening sentence of A Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Bonnie Way April 8, 2025

The Scarlet Letter (a Telemachos Guided Reading Edition)

Curriculum Reviews

"Sons of Adamah reminds me of The Hunger Games—a radically transformed North American with an autocratic government." review of Sons of Adamah by C. M. Genton

Bonnie Way August 6, 2023

Sons of Adamah by C. M. Genton

Fiction

Blink and We’ll Miss It is for the unique and unrepeatable, for anyone who’s ever felt their normal didn’t fit inside the box. ~ Ginny Kochis (book review)

Bonnie Way June 29, 2023

Blink and We’ll Miss It by Ginny Kochis

Fiction

"Dawn came over the Gaspe cliffs, followed by the sun. It flowed, a bright river, far out over the St. Lawrence, before the shore under the mountains' shadow got any of it." Weeping Bay by Joy Davidman

Bonnie Way May 15, 2023

Weeping Bay by Joy Davidman

Fiction

"In September the appearance of Russia changed, not abruptly, but in a few weeks of sharp wind and doubtful sunlight." opening sentence of Anya by Joy Davidman.

Bonnie Way May 7, 2023

Anya by Joy Davidman {book review}

Fiction

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan is a fascinating glimpse into one of the literary world's greatest love stories.

Bonnie Way April 6, 2023

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan

Fiction

Nosy Parker is a coming-of-age father-daughter tale set in Montreal in the 1960s.

Bonnie Way December 29, 2022

Nosy Parker by Lesley Crewe {book review}

Fiction

Debut Canadian crime thriller (book review)

Bonnie Way May 10, 2022

Beneath Her Skin by C. S. Porter

Fiction