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1 week ago | 
observerbd.com | Anne Logan |Claire Cameron
By Anne LoganIt's been awhile since I read Canadian author Claire Cameron. I last read and reviewed one of her books of fiction, The Last Neanderthal in 2019 and I recently picked up her memoir How to Survive a Bear Attack with an open mind because it's a work of non-fiction, so very different from what I was used to. This latest book is about the skin cancer that runs in her family, plus a deadly bear attack she became fixated on as she grew older.
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2 weeks ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
I’ve squirreled away David Sedaris books in my home, ready to read when I feel I need them most. As I’ve said many times on this blog, David Sedaris is my favourite writer, and I savour his stories like a delicious chocolate bar I’ve been pining for. I don’t read his books in order so I’m still getting through his impressive backlist.
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3 weeks ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
I’d like to say I planned ahead of time to read and write the reviews of one of Ireland’s most famous authors in the month of March, but I’ll admit to this all happening by happy accident instead. Last year, a publicist sent me the latest release from Colm Toíbín, excited that he had finally released a sequel following his beloved character Eilis.
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
It’s been awhile since I read Canadian author Claire Cameron. I last read and reviewed one of her books of fiction, The Last Neanderthal in 2019 and I recently picked up her memoir How to Survive a Bear Attack with an open mind because it’s a work of non-fiction, so very different from what I was used to. This latest book is about the skin cancer that runs in her family, plus a deadly bear attack she became fixated on as she grew older.
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
As you can tell by my tropical photo above, I was visiting warmer climes as of late. When I find myself in a dreaded airport, I always make sure to check out the books on sale because I’m curious to see what’s popular, and what constitutes a ‘beach read’ for most.
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
A new book by Matt Haig always seems to turn into a publishing ‘event’. He’s a bestselling author with many hits under his belt, but his latest release The Life Impossible seemed to have slipped under the radar – I haven’t seen it on many lists since it came out in September. It’s still considered a bestseller, but not quite the mega-seller his books typically become. The reason?
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
It’s been awhile since I picked up a book by Kate Atkinson, although in the past when I did read her, I enjoyed her work. Atkinson is also well known for her detective Jackson Brodie and the series she’s written for him, of which Death at the Sign of the Rook is the sixth. This is my first Jackson Brodie book, but I now understand the excitement around these releases because I loved this novel.
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
This is the second book by Benjamin Stevenson that I’ve read and enjoyed this year. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret is obviously a seasonal release, meant to capture those readers who love a good holiday-themed book, myself included. I’ve reviewed stories like this before, and typically enjoyed them. But I knew this book would delight regardless of the Christmas tie-in, because I loved Stevenson’s last book Everyone On This Train is a Suspect too.
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
It has become a new Christmas tradition of mine to read the latest releases of Biblioasis’ Haunted Bookshelf series around the holidays. Each year they release three previously-published ghost stories but with the additions of illustrations by Seth, meant to revive the Victorian tradition of reading ghost stories on Christmas Eve. I’ve done this a few years in a row now, and I especially enjoy the opportunity to read stories that have been published long ago, sometimes even a hundred years ago.
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1 month ago | 
ivereadthis.com | Anne Logan
I’ve never read a book by B.R. Myers before, but she’s a Canadian writer, and the premise of her latest release The Third Wife of Faraday House intrigued me, so I took a chance on a ‘new to me’ author. It was a fun book to read with lots of elements that promise a good plot; a ghost story, a drafty house with a dark history, a romance, and of course mystery.
