Category: book review

Since I love to read I thought this would be a great place to share reviews on books I’ve recently read and updates on what I am currently reading. For this week’s “Story Saturday” I wanted to discuss Canada Reads 2009. I heard about this from my monthly “Books and Breakfast” group at the local library. Basically, Canada Reads is a week-long show that has five celebrity panelists defend their favourite Canadian work of fiction. Day by day, books are voted off the list, until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read this year. I am going

Zapped: A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark My reviewrating: 5 of 5 stars A really easy read with an interesting story line! Four books to read before the due date of Monday, August 11th! Think I can do it?! View all my reviews.

The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating by Alisa Smith My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Written in chapters that depict each month of the journey, alternating between both partners and authors and their perspectives, this book provided a lot of interesting information on eating habits in our current society as well as a background on how it came to be this way. I appreciated the discussion about the importance of eating local not only to support a local economy but also the food is fresher and more authentic. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who

Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI appreciated Brooke’s honesty in how she described her experiences. Some of her points felt a little over-stated and went on but the writing was interesting. Several key components of her experiences really resonated with me. The experiences were bang on with what I was feeling before and during my diagnosis and it was almost a relief to hear that I wasn’t an abnormality. First, when she had a hard time defining herself after her daughter was born because “up until now,