Tag: Real Review

• 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

  In just 214 pages and 13 stand-alone stories, debut author Mona Awad has won my undying respect. And because I can’t do this marvellous little book enough justice with a short and snappy “review”, I’m going to share one from the Globe and Mail instead: “It wouldn’t be far off to say that reading Mona Awad’s 13…

  Being Tori

  07.14.16

  Book Challenge 2016, Books, I stole this, One-Liners

  13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Award-winner, Book Challenge, CanLit, fiction, Globe and Mail, Mona Awad, Real Review, TAKE IT!

• Stolen review: It’s Only the Himalayas

  I told my friend Michelle (hi, Michelle!) that she had to read S. Bedford‘s It’s Only the Himalayas: And Other Tales of Miscalculation from an Overconfident Backpacker. I badgered her about it for months leading up to its release. Really talked it up. She’s a busy mom of two tiny wee people, so she’s lucky if she has time…

  Being Tori

  05.10.16

  Books, I stole this

  backpacker, Brindle & Glass, haha funny, It’s Only the Himalayas, memoir, Real Review, S. Bedford, TAKE IT!, travel, travelogue, true stories, work

• Reblog – Do You Think This Is Strange? by Aaron Cully Drake

  This review is too good not to share. Find the original on Goodreads. Do You Think This Is Strange? by Aaron Cully Drake This is absolutely the best book I’ve read this year. Every now and again there is a novel that can change the way you view the world. For me, the first book that did…

  Being Tori

  12.18.15

  Books, I stole this, Work

  Aaron Cully Drake, Autism, Do You Think This Is Strange?, fiction, Goodreads, haha funny, novel, Real Review

• Do You Think This Is Strange? by Aaron Cully Drake

  Originally posted on Consumed by Ink: In order for me to tell you I have nothing to say, I have to say it, which means I have something to say. Quite simply, I loved this book. Do You Think This Is Strange? is being compared to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night…

  Being Tori

  06.10.15

  Books, I stole this, Work

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