Book Reviews

June 13, 2020

The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson (Reviewed by Katherine Burk)

Rating – 5/5 Generational stories might be my favourite. I love the complexity of family life and stories told from more than one perspective. Age, experience, […]
June 12, 2020

Belladonna by Anbara Salam (Review by Madhura Mukhopadhyay)

Rating: 3/5 When the beautiful and popular Isabella joins their school in Connecticut, Bridget can’t help but feel an overwhelming attraction towards her. But ever the […]
June 9, 2020

GBC Recommended Reading: An Antiracist Booklist

It’s hard to articulate in words what we are seeing in the news over the past few weeks. How sad, difficult and wrong these times we […]
June 9, 2020

My Brother Moochie by Issac J. Bailey (Review by Stacey Lorenson)

Rating: 3.5 My Brother Moochie, written by Issac J. Bailey, an award-winning journalist and Professor at Davidson College, is an artfully crafted memoir which chronicles his […]
June 7, 2020

Sister Dear by Mary Hannah (Review by Stephanie Smith)

Rating: 4.5 Sister Dear by Mary Hannah McKinnon is a psychological thriller being released May 26,2020. The book opens when Eleanor Hardwicke’s father dies. Shortly before […]
June 5, 2020

The Body Lies by Jo Baker (Reviewed by Victoria Begin)

Rating – 4/5 Occasionally, a novel comes around that knocks you right off your feet, and does so almost immediately. In the first few pages of […]
June 3, 2020

Husband Material by Emily Belden (Review by Stephanie Smith)

Rating 3.2 out of 5. “Husband Material” by Emily Belden. 29 year old Charlotte has successful job at an up and coming social media firm, a […]
June 1, 2020

The Silence by Susan Allott (Review by Bruna Looby)

Rating: 3.8/5.0 This great book is more of a slow-paced kind of story, where we only find out the truth in the last few pages. As […]
May 30, 2020

The Bridge of Little Jeremy by Indrajit Garai (Review by Bruna Looby)

3.8/5.0 If you are interested in Paris and the arts, this book is for you. Jeremy is a twelve-year-old boy living in Paris with his mother […]