Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609843/open_sms] Friend and first time author Suzanne Scott Tomita joins the podcast to discuss her debut novel Until Even the Angels. Her book is the story of Mei Mei Goh, a domestic servant to the wealthy Hamilton family, and her unlikely friendship with her young mistress, Honour Hamilton, and the teenage gardner, Pashunath Roy. Set in 1950s Singapore and contemporary London, Until Even the Angels is part mystery, historical fiction, social commentary.  Suzanne has a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia and completed The Writer's Studio Creative WRiting Certificate at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She was born in Tunisia and raised in Venezuela, Germany, Indonesia, Canada and Australia. Her writing inclues personal essays on the topics of motherhood, mid-life and marriage, home and belonging. Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com [https://www.redfernbookreview.com/] Instagram: @redfernbookreview [https://www.instagram.com/redfernbookreview/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ [https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/] Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter [https://redfernbookreview.com/newsletter]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609843/open_sms] Fellow book nerd and special projects manager for Book Warehouse, Mary-Ann Yazedijan, joins the podcast to talk about her top reads for the holiday season. We discuss books new and old for holiday gift giving or your own TBR list. Books discussed: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny Intermezzo by Sally Rooney The Life Impossible by Matt Haig The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Novel  by Anna Johnston Follow Book Warehouse: Instagram: @bookwarehousevancouver [https://www.instagram.com/bookwarehousevancouver/?hl=en] Website: https://blackbondbooks.com/ [https://blackbondbooks.com] Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com [https://www.redfernbookreview.com/] Instagram: @redfernbookreview [https://www.instagram.com/redfernbookreview/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ [https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/] Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter [https://redfernbookreview.com/newsletter]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609843/open_sms] I drop by the recent Vancouver Writers Festival event and share insights on a panel discussion with three authors who specialize in writing about subterfuge and deceit. Ann Cleeves is a British mystery novelist known for perfecting the police procedural. Beverley McLachlin is the former chief justice of Canada who now pens legal thrillers and Nita Prose has is the master of the comedic, locked room mystery. Book discussed: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves The Maid by Nita Prose The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose  Proof by Beverley McLachlin Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com [https://www.redfernbookreview.com/] Instagram: @redfernbookreview [https://www.instagram.com/redfernbookreview/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ [https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/] Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter [https://redfernbookreview.com/newsletter]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609843/open_sms] Book blogger Susan Matheson stops by the podcast to share her top picks for the fall season. Books discussed: Apeirogon by Colum McCann The Trade Off by Samantha Green Woodruff Absolution by Alice McDermott Time of the Child by Niall Williams The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen Big in Sweden by Sally Franson Follow Bedside Table Books: Instagram: @bedside_table_books [https://www.instagram.com/bedside_table_books/] Website: https://bedsidetablebooks.com/ [https://bedsidetablebooks.com/] Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com [https://www.redfernbookreview.com/] Instagram: @redfernbookreview [https://www.instagram.com/redfernbookreview/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ [https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/] Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter [https://redfernbookreview.com/newsletter]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1609843/open_sms] I discuss two hot memoirs of the fall season: Be Ready When Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten and Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung. Both trace the trajectory of two strong, independent women who came of age during the 1960s and are leaders in their respective fields. Ina Garten is an American television cook author while Connie Chung is an American journalist who has been a news anchor and reporter for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC. Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com [https://www.redfernbookreview.com/] Instagram: @redfernbookreview [https://www.instagram.com/redfernbookreview/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ [https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/] Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter [https://redfernbookreview.com/newsletter]