My Novelesque Life

I tell you this not to feel bad for me, or to build me up in anyway, in fact, please don’t either will have me tearing up. I’m being open an

Jennifer Hillier’s newest novel, Heart of Glass is expected to be published this summer – August 25, 2026. It is the second book in the Wond

Port Renfrew (BC) I am back! It was an amazing getaway that recharged my motivation. Last year, a friend and I (and another person) took a v

Photo by Melpo Tsiliaki on Unsplash Hello creatives, Apologies, I will have to postpone the debut newsletter to July 1, 2026. I had some thi

Yesterday was the funeral. It was brutal. Photo by Claire Kelly on Unsplash Listening to my cousins, who I don’t know well, speak of the gre

FINAL TARGET Written by Nora Roberts 2026; St. Martin’s Press 🎧 Macmillan Audio Read by January LaVoy RATING: 4 STARS (4.5 STARS) As I have

TW: grief, death, mental health As I started to write this blog post on genres, and some of the authors I would recommend, I found myself sw

from Reddit Hello Creatives, Did I choose today’s title as a dig to Allie Rose Co and her ridiculous trademarking attempt? Kind of. The read

Photo by Sasha Matveeva on Unsplash Hello Creatives, I hope you enjoyed last week’s book reviews of Canadian poets. I was pleasantly surpris

Ajar written by Margo Lapierre 2025; Guernica Editions (Essential Poets) RATING: 4 STARS (4.5 STARS) Ajar, like Notes from a Ward, is a poet

Notes from the Ward written by Steffi Tad-y 2025; Gordon Hill Press RATING: 4 STARS Getting the sense I should lessen for people’s comfort,

the blades of grass are dreaming written by Hollay Ghadery 2025; Anstruther Press RATING: 4 STARS the blades of grass are dreaming is a perf

Blood Belies Written by Ellen Chang-Richardson 2024; Buckrider Books (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers) RATING 4 STARS (4.5 STARS) Let’s first sta