[dropcap]To [/dropcap]complement my First Quarter 2018 Best Reads: Fiction, I will now take a closer look at some non-fiction titles I’ve put on the growing 2018 longlist for the Miramichi Reader “The Very Best!” Book Award. Death at the Harbourview Cafe by Fred Humber Game Misconduct by Nathan Kalman-Lamb The Art and Passion of Guido …
The shortlists for the Atlantic Book Awards have been announced, and since The Miramichi Reader has reviews of seven of them (plus one children’s book), I thought it might be helpful to provide links to the reviews for the various nominees. The books that have been reviewed here will have links embedded in them and …
Many book-ish sites this time of year take time to reflect back on some of the standout reads from the past year. Some you can find online, and some are hardbacks which is good for everyone’s different preferences. Understandably, sometimes you can’t access content online and so some people like to use tools like this …
I have added a new category: Beach Reads Summer Reads which contains titles from the past two years that, while suitable to be read anytime, anywhere are particularly suited for your vacation reading pleasure. While they are primarily fiction novels, but there are some lighter non-fiction works in there as well. I have included some …
We have a saying up here in the Miramichi: “the very best” (but you have to run all three words together to say it correctly). Typically, it comes in response to “how are you?” or “how’s the family?” and so on. I thought it would make a great award title for the best books that the …
Above are just some of the books I have reviewed in the past four months. As you can see, I love to read, and many authors and publishers have been kind enough to send me review copies and ARCs (advanced reading copies) for consideration. I thank them all for their support and for your (the East …
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