B Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / Contemporary / cowboy / nanny / single dadComments Off on REVIEW: A Rancher’s Heart by Vivian Arend
Dear Vivian Arend, I admit I’m a sucker for a single dad story. There is something (possibly something I ought not be proud of because patriarchy) that gets me all melty when there’s an engaged, adoring, single dad as romance hero. The nanny/boss trope can be problematic of course. Not ... more >
Publishing NewsBlackbeard / book-sales / Canada / content moderation / History / Matt de la Peña / picture books / pirates / YouTubeComments Off on Wednesday News: Canadian book sales, content moderation, Blackbeard’s reading list, and book of love
Print book sales declined in 2017 – Some very interesting numbers and trends here. More than 51 million print books sold (more than $1B Canadian), with the highest sales in YA/Juvenile (40%) and non-fiction (32%). Interestingly, though, two of the top five bestsellers of 2017 were both backlist titles – The ... more >
Publishing NewsCanada / marriage proposal / sexual harassment3 Comments
BBC report on sexual harassment – Well, this is depressing. It’s not just the US and not just women. Horrible Bosses are everywhere. I’ve heard Canada is nice … – So if the above makes you want to move to Canada, these might be good cities for working women to ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / Canada / Historical / Native American / RCMP / turn of the 20th century12 Comments
Mrs. Mike’ is a love story, a true story; the story of Katherine Mary O’Fallon, a sixteen year-old Irish girl from Boston, and Sergeant Mike Flannigan of the Canadian Mounted Police who meet at her uncle’s ranch in Alberta, Canada where she is sent to recover from pleurisy. They meet, ... more >
B- Reviewsbaby (non secret) / Canada / Contemporary / cowboy2 Comments
Warning: series spoilers follow Dear Vivian Arend, Fans (like me) of the Six Pack Ranch series have been waiting for Jesse’s book with bated breath. Jesse Coleman, the eldest of the Coleman twins, took off from Rocky Mountain House and his beloved Six Pack Ranch in the previous book, Rocky ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / autobiography / Canada / non-fiction / pig3 Comments
In the summer of 2012, Steve Jenkins was contacted by an old friend about adopting a micro piglet. Though he knew his partner Derek wouldn’t be enthusiastic, he agreed to take the adorable little pig anyway, thinking he could care for her himself. Little did he know, that decision would ... more >
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