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“You can’t legally brag about your son since you named him “Carl”.”

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

January 17, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Jolene copes with her soul-sucking job by pretending to be invisible and ranting at her coworkers in emails in white text. But when she’s found out, she’s sentenced to anti-harassment training with the cute new HR rep and restrictions on her computer – except it turns out that she’s accidentally been given access to the emails of every single of her coworkers instead. Often funny and often sad and very much filled with petty office politics which verge just on unbelievable sometimes. Jolene is a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: audiobook, Canada, chick lit, contemporary, humor, Mental Health, Natalie Sue, Romance

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: audiobook, Canada, chick lit, contemporary, humor, Mental Health, Natalie Sue, Romance ·
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From Canada to Hong Kong, with Love

Uprooted by Ruth Chan

January 9, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Ruth has only known life in Canada. But when her Chinese-born father has a job opportunity in Hong Kong, he and his wife excitedly make plans to move back to their home country, uprooting Ruth from the only life she has known. Her older brother is a boarding school student and gets to stay behind, so Ruth, their pets, and her parents set off to start over. At least, it’s starting over for Ruth. She speaks a little Cantonese, as her parents insist on using […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #memoir, Canada, Children of immigrants, Graphic Novel, Hong Kong, middle grade, Ruth Chan, the 1990s

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #memoir, Canada, Children of immigrants, Graphic Novel, Hong Kong, middle grade, Ruth Chan, the 1990s ·
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“Every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother.”

Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

January 3, 2025 by narfna Leave a Comment

Hello, unsettlingly relevant book. This feels even more relevant now than it did three years ago when it was published. [frustrated sigh] This definitely felt like a debut (some small pacing issues, and a plot choice that detracted from the tension of the story, etc.) but the subject matter was so fascinating, and the lives of these women so clearly on the page emotionally carried the book and made it extremely compelling, despite its flaws. We are following three women in three different time periods: […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: abortion, adoption, Canada, Canadian authors, contemporary fiction, Heather Marshall, historical fiction, Looking for Jane, narfna, reproductive rights, The Jane Collective, The Jane Network

narfna's CBR17 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: abortion, adoption, Canada, Canadian authors, contemporary fiction, Heather Marshall, historical fiction, Looking for Jane, narfna, reproductive rights, The Jane Collective, The Jane Network ·
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She took a real trip

Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong

January 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As I have read a lot of middle and young adult reads, the graphic novel Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong, was not a new theme. Scout is a kid who is trying to get to meet their favorite author. There is a lot of hyperbole (Scout’s “reasons” are honestly above ridiculous and seem to be untrue: “She’s 100 years old!” “She’s going to die soon!” “I’ll never meet her any other way!”) surrounding her scheme to actually meet this author. Plus, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: bands (music), Canada, friendship, Jade Armstrong, music, school, Social Themes, trombone

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: bands (music), Canada, friendship, Jade Armstrong, music, school, Social Themes, trombone ·
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A complex fantasy with many stories woven together

Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin

November 17, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

I was immediately drawn to Aunt Tigress by the cover, and the synopsis had me intrigued. Tam is a young woman living in Calgary where the magic from her tiger father is weak because it’s far from the forces she calls on for exorcisms and other magics, but she also knows to respect the magic of First Nations without trying to steal it. Or at least, that’s what her father tried to teach her before he died when she was 12, and her Aunt Tigress […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Calgary, Canada, Chinese, debut, Emily Yu-Xuan Qin, First Nations, lesbian, mystery, queer, sapphic, Siksika, tiger, Urban Fantasy

LB's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Calgary, Canada, Chinese, debut, Emily Yu-Xuan Qin, First Nations, lesbian, mystery, queer, sapphic, Siksika, tiger, Urban Fantasy ·
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Updating the classics

Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

October 5, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Retelling (modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion) CBR16 Bingo: Bollywood (set in Canada with desi protagonists) The absolutely last place Nada Syed wants to be is the big annual Muslim convention in downtown Toronto. She is nearly 30 years old, single and lives at home with her parents and two brothers. If she goes to the convention, there is a high chance that she’ll run into her old mentor, formerly her mother’s best friend. She might also run into her mentor’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, bollywood, Canada, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, Desi representation, Malin, Much Ado About Nada, Persuasion, retelling, Uzma Jalaluddin

Malin's CBR16 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, bollywood, Canada, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Contemporary Romance, Desi representation, Malin, Much Ado About Nada, Persuasion, retelling, Uzma Jalaluddin ·
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