Goodreads Winners Are In: Who were my favourites for 2018?

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Hope Lee • 1 Comment

The wait is over! Goodreads has announced its winners for 2018, which also marks the ten-year anniversary of the book awards. Readers get the chance to vote for their favourite books based on different popular categories like fiction, sci-fi, and Romance. It is basically the Oscars for books. This year, Goodreads recorded over five million … Continue reading →

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A Review of “Idaho”: forgetting and remembering

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Hope Lee • Leave a comment

I am not going to lie, the decision I made to read this book was heavily based on the cover. What is that old saying again? Anyway, I found myself drawn to the strong yellows and greens and I had also seen this book everywhere. It was popping up in book stores, in my library, … Continue reading →

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“The Grapes of Wrath”: a review of classic Steinbeck

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Hope Lee • 2 Comments

I’ve always wanted to read The Grapes of Wrath. I think it is important to immerse oneself in a wide variety of literary genres from all over the world. I also think that it’s important to read a Nobel Prize winning author every now and then. John Steinbeck’s book won the National Book Award and … Continue reading →