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Book Launch of The Poisoned Pawn!

By Sam On March 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment

My friends Tara Hollister and Sarah Atchison accompanied me to the book launch of Peggy Blair’s The Poisoned Pawn at the Orange Art Gallery in Ottawa. It was a very fun evening with a Cuba theme and not only did we get to chat with Peggy again, Tara was able to cozy up to [...]

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Blog Tour Review AND GIVEAWAY: The Poisoned Pawn by Peggy Blair

By Sam On March 8, 2013 · 2 Comments

I am happy to take part in this Penguin Blog Tour for The Poisoned Pawn. My friend Sarah Atchison first introduced me to Peggy Blair’s work when she chose The Beggar’s Opera for our book club in the fall. The women in our club loved it. We were thrilled when Peggy was available to [...]

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Works of Christian McPherson – Review

By Sam On May 27, 2011 · 2 Comments

The Cube People is the debut novel by Ottawa author Christian McPherson.  It tells the tale of Colin MacDonald, an “everyman” who is just trying to get by.  The interesting aspect of MacDonald is that he is not the typical “cube dweller” who simply gets up in the morning, goes to work, endures [...]

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Upcoming – The Cube People Book Review

By Sam On April 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I am being provided with Christian McPherson’s novel, The Cube People, for review. I am excited to share my opinion of this book with you. To give you a sense of who Christian McPherson is and what his book is about, please check out the above video of Christian being interviewed for A-Channel News [...]

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“Remember Me?”

By Sam On March 28, 2011 · 4 Comments

Remember Me? is a pleasant novel written by Sophie Kinsella of “Shopaholic” fame – however this is a stand-alone novel with a different heroine.

I haven’t read the complete Shopaholic series of books, but I did read Shopaholic & Baby.  I enjoyed that this heroine, Lexi, had a bit more depth in terms [...]

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