It's Thursday, everyone! You know what that means! It's book review day! Since I am still working on the Dark Tower series, and I want to...

Something a little different in this week's book review. Poetry. I had this one student for the past few years. (She graduated this...

It is time. I have been waiting to do my review of this book, and since my overview of all of Austen's novels is on the horizon, it's now...

I am totally cheating for today's book review. And you know what? I am okay with that. Today is the last day of school for me, and one of...

A couple weeks ago, I reviewed Into Thin Air. You can check out that review here. While I am in the process of winding down the school...

Earlier this year I read The Kitchen House. I am going to be honest: I really hesitated writing this review. It's going to get...

This semester I taught Into Thin Air to a group of gr. 12 students. After hearing the description they admitted they were "kind of...

Happy June everyone! As a teacher, June is one of my most favourite and least favourite months. The end is in sight, which is overall...

Have you seen the trailer for the Dark Tower movie yet? If not, check it out here: Come on, doesn't that look awesome? I have to confess,...

I was trying to think, recently, of which books I have read the most frequently. On my own, Pride and Prejudice is the most obvious...

Earlier this year I read Ami McKay’s The Witches of New York. It was entirely different from what I expected, and yet I was pleasantly...

It has been a bit since I first read this book, and even though I have revisited it since, I thought I would look to science fiction for...

I finally read Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train during my vacation last week in Mexico. I read this laying on a beach (jealous?),...

A warning: I am horribly biased in reading Austen. She was the first author whose works I just fell in love with. I think she is...

I finally read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green a bit ago. (Click on the title to see the goodreads page associated with this book.)...

Earlier this year, I read Nancy Richler's Imposter Bride. (See the goodreads page here.) Canadian writing in tone is rather distinct, if...

I am going to start this week's review with a few disclaimers: 1. As you probably know, I am a high school English teacher. 2. I am also...

Last weekend I finished reading Erin Morgenstern's fabulous debut novel, The Night Circus. Check it out on goodreads here. Let me start...