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Oct 11, 20225 min read
Reading The Gillers
The Scotiabank Giller Prize is one of Canada’s biggest literary awards. Started in 1994 and named for the late Doris Giller, the award is...
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the.bookmom
Jun 4, 20222 min read
The FOLD
The first week of May I was thrilled to tune in to the FOLD (Festival of Literary Diversity) for the first time. The FOLD has been around...
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the.bookmom
May 28, 20223 min read
What is a Vacation without Book Stores!
Last week I was lucky enough to get a week all to myself and I flew to Edmonton, Alberta to see my best friend of almost twenty years. My...
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the.bookmom
May 6, 20222 min read
Daughters of the Deer review
Yesterday was Red Dress Day or the National Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman and Girls (and 2s+). Yesterday was also the day...
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the.bookmom
Apr 29, 20222 min read
A TBR for Mood Readers
If you've browsed through "bookstagram" or "booktok" at all, you'll probably have noticed people outlining their TBR, or "to be read",...
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the.bookmom
Apr 26, 20223 min read
Recent or Upcoming Releases that should be on your radar!
Keeping up with the constant releases of absolutely delicious new reads can be a challenge especially when you want to read them all. I...
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the.bookmom
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Review: All My Puny Sorrows
Content warnings: Suicidal ideation By one of Canada’s top authors—and one of my favourites—Miriam Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows is about...
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the.bookmom
Jan 3, 20222 min read
My Most Anticipated Reads for 2022
I finished 2021 with a whooping 104 reads under my belt, but with all those reads, there was a lot of my bookshelf I didn't read. In an...
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the.bookmom
Nov 26, 20212 min read
Gifts for Book Lovers
It’s that time of year again, the last minute scramble for any of holiday gifts you haven’t gotten yet. Well The.BookMom has some gifting...
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the.bookmom
Nov 15, 20213 min read
We, Jane Review
Marthe grew up in Newfoundland and like many young people do, she moved to Montreal to pursue a different type of life. After terminating...
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the.bookmom
Nov 2, 20213 min read
It's Giller Week!
I love Canadian Literature. It is my favourite genre of fiction and I love love love following the Giller and Canada Reads every year. I...
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the.bookmom
Oct 27, 20213 min read
The.BookMom Recommends for Gifting
It's that time of year again, I'm buying gifts for friends and family and getting ready for the holidays. I wanted to make this post...
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the.bookmom
Oct 24, 20215 min read
But how do you find time to read??
I am a mom, I have 3 kids and they are all very busy little people. They talk to me almost constantly. Today they are between the ages of...
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the.bookmom
Oct 23, 20213 min read
Astra - Cedar Bowers
Imagine your life story, the whole being of who you are, being told to someone through the eyes and lives of ten people who were close to...
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