Every year, I ask Sebastian the same 20 questions on his birthday. Enjoy! 1. What is your favourite colour? red (second year in a row) 2. What is your favourite toy? Nintendo Switch  (third year in a row) 3. What is your favourite fruit? watermelon 4. What is your favourite tv show? Bob's Burgers 5. What is your favourite thing to eat for lunch? omelette  6. What is your favourite outfit? pyjamas (second year in a row) 7. What is your favourite game? Battlecats 8. What is your favourite snack? candy (second year in ..read more

Every year, I ask Sebastian the same 20 questions on his birthday. Enjoy! 1. What is your favourite colour? red  2. What is your favourite toy? Nintendo Switch  (second year in a row) 3. What is your favourite fruit? mango 4. What is your favourite tv show? Youtube 5. What is your favourite thing to eat for lunch? pancakes  6. What is your favourite outfit? pyjamas 7. What is your favourite game? Oh my god, There is way too many video games that I love. Let's say Kirby and the Forgotten Land, let's just say that. 8. What is your favourite snack? candy ..read more

  I love it when I discover a book/author who offers a twist on a traditional fictional narrative. Here are a few of my favourites. The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Plot - Cyril Avery was born out of wedlock in a small Irish town. He spends his life discovering himself and where he comes from. Structure - Beginning with his birth, this story visits Cyril every seven years of his life. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Plot - Fiction that reads like non-fiction about a house that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. Structure - A deliberately complex mix of ..read more

  The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez When Mark Adams witnesses dangerous rhetoric about the safety of LGBTQ+ students in his high school, he decides he can't sit idly by and begins his campaign for student body president. His dad is a well-known congressman, and Mark has always loved politics. The problem is, Mark Adams is a relatively new student at Utopia High. He moved there so he could transition, and he doesn't know many students beyond his small queer friend group. To make matters worse, his dad continues to pretend he still has a daughter, and not a son, and h ..read more

  When you're looking for a good rant, no one does it better than Rick Mercer. Final Report is a collection of Mercer's greatest rants spanning all 15 seasons of his show, Rick Mercer Report. I listened to this book on audio, and I would argue that the audiobook is a must for reading this collection. Rick Mercer narrates it himself, so you get to hear the passion in his voice as you listen. The physical copy does have a few behind the scenes photos, but they aren't essential to the book. Final Report was perfect listening for my daily walks in lockdown. The bite-sized rants me ..read more

If the movies Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Adventures in Babysitting had a book baby, it would be Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson. Best friends and high school seniors, Kat and Stevie, sneak away to spend the evening in New York City. The plan: dinner and a show. What could go wrong? It turns out... a lot, especially when neither of them have their cell phone. This is my first Morgan Matson book, and I quite enjoyed it! Matson's writing is bright and engaging. Take Me Home Tonight is a sweet story of friendship. Through meeting a fun cast of characters, and navigating a number of unfor ..read more

  And, just like that, Sebastian is 9. The last entry into a single digit year squeezes my heart just a little bit tighter than the before. (Though, if you asked him, he'd tell you that you can put a 0 before the 9, and make it two digits anyways.) At age 2 he loved puzzles and I Spy books. At age 4 it was Peppa Pig. At age 6 it was Scooby Doo and Chirp magazines. More recently his two big loves are video games and red pandas. He is forgiving, funny, an excellent snuggler and by far and away my proudest accomplishment. Every year, I ask Sebastian the same 20 questions on h ..read more

  "We are broken. We are healing. It never ends. And, if you look at it in just the right light, it is beautiful.' Broken (in the best possible way), Jenny Lawson When Raincoast Books asked me if I'd like to receive a copy of Jenny Lawson's new book, Broken (in the best possible way), I couldn't say yes fast enough. A book about how the pieces of us that are broken might actually matter the most? I can't think of a message I need more. In Broken, Jenny Lawson writes about her mental and physical health challenges that have left her feeling, for a lack of a better word, broken. In a ..read more

  Ready for a swoony, sweep you off your feet romance? Enter The Seat Filler by Sariah Wilson! Guys, this book is SO adorable. Meet Juliet and Noah. She's a dog-groomer. He has a dog. She's terrified of kissing. He's a superstar actor who knows the benefits of practice ??.  The Seat Filler captured my interest from the very first page. Juliet and Noah have wonderful chemistry. They are fun and playful and partake in some of the dreamiest kisses I have ever read! The storyline and cast of side characters fit well, it was heartwarming and cute, and I honestly didn't ever want ..read more

  "Some things stay with you, haunt you. Some embers nestle into your skin. Shots cannot be forgotten. And neither can that force of love." The Stationery Shop, Marjan Kamali Set against the 1950s political upheaval in Tehran, Iran, The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali is a moving tale of love, loss, and remembrance. It follows young Roya as she falls in love and discovers along the way that love may not always conquer all in the end. I was not prepared for the emotional journey The Stationery Shop took me on. It has been a minute since a book has made me cry. Kamali's writing is deeply ..read more