The Journal
Pride Roundup Books to Love by LGBTQIA+ Authors
0 CommentsIn honour of Pride Month this June, we’re bringing you a roundup of great reads by LGBTQIA+ authors! Adding or buying a few of these titles to include in your
Our Community Member Series: Meet TJ
Welcome back to the second spotlight in our series of meeting BooknBrunch community members! On a warm and sunny 22-degree Celsius day in Toronto, I met with TJ
The Marriage Box by Corie Adjmi (288 Pages)
Casey Cohen, like every teenager, is struggling to find her place in New Orleans. Unfortunately, she finds friends in the wrong places, leading her to trouble.
Our Community Member Series: Meet Amy
Now that things are starting to go back to pre-pandemic levels of normal, I met with one of our hosts Amy on a rainy day in Toronto over Zoom to discuss books,
Mother’s Day – A Day to Celebrate Strong Female Figures in Your Life
Every year in May, we celebrate our moms. Whether she’s upstairs or thousands of miles away, reading provides a wonderful way to connect over words. Books giv
Support Your Local Independent Bookstore on Independent Bookstore Day
It’s no secret that the market size of the global bookstore industry has been shrinking over the last 10 years or so, partly due to the popularity of e-books
Earth Day Celebration: Five Ways to Connect with Nature
Whether you consider yourself an outdoorsy person who enjoys long hikes and spends their paychecks on camping gear or your idea of “getting outdoors” is cat
An Interview With Vanessa Hua, Author of Forbidden City
Vanessa Hua is no stranger to writing about strong, resilient women. It’s what she did with A River of Stars, her debut novel published in 2019. It became a n
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (301 pages)
Travel back in time to when women’s lives were challenging – a time when men ruled the household and women were often left trapped in situations that they c
Five Favourite Food Memoirs For All You Foodies Out There
Anybody who has read my BooknBrunch Journal entries over the years will know I am passionate about food. I think about it the second I wake up and it’s the la
A Dazzling Batch of Debuts: Five YA Debuts to Be on the Lookout For
We are in full swing for 2023, and that means a whole new batch of phenomenal books releasing this year! Every year, we see a ton of fabulous new debut authors
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan (400 pages)
Soulmates, Yasmen and Josiah, have a once-in-a-lifetime love until a loss tears their once-happy marriage apart. Two years after they signed the papers, each ha
My Favourite Bookstore Cafes in New York City
I am totally in love with books and bookstores and have been for a long time. I can’t think of a better way to spend the weekend than to head to the bookstore
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (336 pages)
Bradley and Celine couldn’t be more different. Bradley is a star soccer player and his charm is inescapable. His OCD is managed well enough that hardly anyone
Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win by Susan Azim Boyer (336 pages)
Jasmine Zumideh is looking to close out the 1970s by getting out of her boring suburb in Southern California.She headto NYU, her dream school, to study journali
The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew (387 Pages)
The Whispering Dark is a dark, atmospheric story that tells the story of a girl ready to be seen as anything but fragile. But what she finds might be scarier th
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (464 pages)
Olivia McAfee is residing in her childhood home in Adams, New Hampshire. She is raising her high-school age son, Asher, as a single mother. This is not the life
