The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin Pages : 416 Genre : Historical fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 4/5 From the back of the book :  As the shy, unnoticeable daughter of a U.S. Senator, Anne Morrow never thought she would live anything more than an ordinary life. Then she meets aviator Charles Lindbergh, and is immediately amazed by his strength and his assurance. From then on, her life will be completely changed. As the...

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Pages : 330 Genre : Mystery, Women’s fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 4,5/5 From the back of the book : Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she’s a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she’s a disgrace; to design mavens, she’s a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and,...

Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill Pages : 288 Genre : YA, Contemporary Fiction Stand alone  My Rating : 3,5/5 What it’s about : Julia loves her Shakespeare and her Jane Austen; she’s in love with love and determined to let destiny reunite her with the one she’s meant to be with (a.k.a. Mark, the cute boy next door she’s been crushing on since she was six). A ten days class trip to London sounds like the perfect occasion to...

Pictures taken at the Biodome of Montreal, fall 2011. For more Wordless Wednesday, click...

Evening walk in Old Montreal, August 2012. I never tire of my beautiful city, and summer is the perfect time of the year to visit this part of town<3 For more Wordless Wednesday, click...

Botanical Garden of Montreal, July 2012  - Japanese garden ! For more Wordless Wednesday, click...

* * * * * Botanical Garden of Montreal, July 2012  - Chinese garden ! For more Wordless Wednesday, click...

Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn Pages : 364 Genre : YA, Mystery Stand Alone My rating : 4/5 From Seattle to Tokyo, Tokyo Heist takes you to beautiful Japan to solve the case of a missing Van Gogh. Art, squid chips, kimonos and a touch of romance are on the menu for this colorful adventure, in this novel by debut author Diana Renn. What it’s about : Between pining for her best friend and working at the comic-books store, Violet’s...