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Goodbye Elizabeth!
Elizabeth Perreault, our specialist for schools, libraries and businesses, is leaving La Maison Anglaise to pursue her studies. She is also getting married this summer! Elizabeth has been with us for a little over five years and has always given the best quality in customer service, counselling teachers, librarians and specialists in many fields on [...]
R.A. Salvatore: Neverwinter – Book 1 (Gauntlgrym)
Certainly one of the big names in the fantasy world is R.A. Salvatore. I have to confess that I have never read anything by him but clearly his writing is popular. I’ll be honest, some authors simply overwhelm my senses by their productivity. I don’t know how many books bear the name R.A. Salvatore but [...]
Get Reluctant Readers And ESL Students Hooked On Reading
The novel Lure really got me hooked. Set in a suburb of Toronto, this paranormal mystery is great for reluctant readers, and perfect for secondary 2-3 ESL students. Narrated by Max and by John ― respectively a 21st century hero, and a 19th century ghost ― the story slides between both eras. Each time period [...]
How Do Steampunk Authors Write?
Steampunk is very popular right now and series like Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan and Christie Priest’s Dreadnaught are selling well in stores. But Steampunk is one book phenomenon that if much more than books. It’s been said that steampunk is what happened “when the Goth kids discovered the color brown.” It does seem that way sometimes, [...]
Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney
I couldn’t put this book down! Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney is great fiction, with an underlying, insightful analysis of the vampire craze that we have known ever since Twilight came out. It was so refreshing to read a book that discusses this phenomenon with such humour. The main character, Finbar Frame sees in his move [...]
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