Book Reviews

 New teen fiction! This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast In this first book of a new series, 16-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampyre. Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been RmarkedS by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers.   &nbs... More...

This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. Canada Reads 2009 Canada Reads 2009 is officially underway with five great Canadian books being dicussed and defended by five great Canadians. The books that are going to be debated and discussed are: The Book of Negroes by Lawerence Hill, defended by Avi Lewis Summary: A sweeping story that transports the reader from a tribal African village to a plantation in the southern... More...

  This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. Dark Water by Linda Hall Things are never really as they appear. When a jewelry designer hires private investigator Jake Rikker to find her stalker, Jake becomes entangled in a mystery that threatens to destroy them both. Dogwood by Chris Fabry In his first novel for adults, author Chris Fabry shares the tale of small towns with long memories, and the people of Dogwood, West Virginia,... More...

This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life by Joyce Meyer Just about everyone believes a simple life is the best life - but very few actually live that way. If you are tired of being tired, burned out on over commitment, and weary of enduring instead of enjoying life, then book is for you. In her signature straightforward style, Joyce Meyer reveals no fewer than one hundred ways to immediately improve your l... More...

  This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. Red Dog, Red Dog by Patrick Lane Shortlisted for the Writer's Trust fiction prize. An epic novel of unrequited dreams and forestalled lives, Red Dog, Red Dog is set in the mid-1950s, in a small town in the interior of B.C. in the unnamed Okanagan Valley. The novel focuses on the Stark family, centering on brothers Eddy and Tom, who are bound together by family loyalty and inarticulate l... More...

This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. The Scream by Rohinton Mistry Set in a Bombay apartment, The Scream is narrated by a man at the end of his life, who is angry at the predicament of old age, at his isolation from his family and from a world that no longer understands him. He rails and raves in ways that are both hilarious and moving, and which touch us with recognition.   Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje ... More...

This week's book reviews, by Connie Forst, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury. The Great Karoo by Fred Stenson The Great Karoo begins in 1899, as the British are trying to wrestle control of the riches of South Africa from the Boers, the Dutch farmers who claimed the land. The Boers have turned out to be more resilient than expected, so the British have sent a call to arms to their colonies -- and a great number of men from the Canadian prairies answer the call ... More...