This Monday, like every other one for the past couple of months, I’m bringing you an inside look at the books and book swag that has made it’s way into my mailbox through the power of the mail person. Last week I mentioned that our mail delivery person had become careless with our mail recently, [...]

Every day I check my mailbox (and occasionally my inbox) with anticipation about what I may find inside it. A couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend and I had to call and complain that the mail person was stuffing parcels into our small mailbox and slightly damaging some of the covers for books that I [...]

We’re now officially in the midst of summer. The Montreal International Jazz Festival is going strong, and I have a lot of new books to check out…many of them with the type of light content one would expect from a good summer read. Of course, I also have a mix of more serious finds and [...]

There are times when we book reviewers feast, and times when we suffer through a review request drought. Last week, it seemed like I’d be facing the later when Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and sad to say, even Thursday passed without one package arriving at my door. However, on Friday when I had my day off, [...]