When I first started J. Courtney Sullivan’s Friends and Strangers, I didn’t really like it. Or rather, I didn’t like Elisabeth, the main...

There is so much to say about Ta Nahisi Coates’ The Water Dancer, so let me get the short synopsis out of the way first. The novel...

A book like Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times is one that I didn’t know I craved so badly until I started to read it. It’s ridiculously...

I’m not really sure how to start this one. I guess I should obviously start by saying that I’ve just finished Kate Elizabeth Russell’s My...

For those readers who do not personally know me, I should open this review by noting the extent to which I grew up and continue to live...

Awhile back, I finished reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, a novel I picked up at a bookstore beside my farmer’s market...

Hi folks, In true Stephanie Writes style, I’m coming atcha with another sporadic blog post after weeks of silence. But, after everything...

“that is why i do not eat sturgeon because i know when a sturgeon is caught in the rainy river i am a sturgeon and i dangle on hooks.” -...

Hey there! Once again, I apologize for the sporadic nature of this page. I’ll admit, the slump in writing continues as I find it...

When she was in the eighth grade, she was Obsessed with love; all of its possibilities and Abilities to transcend the intangibles of time...

Hi. I’m aware. It’s been awhile. I’m also aware that I ended my last review with the phrase “higher, further, faster.” Unfortunately,...

Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Stephanie Writes! How are you? Have you gotten your Christmas shopping done yet? Well, if you haven’t,...

Hello! Welcome back! I hope those reading this are well rested during these cold and stressful December days (don’t forget to...

Welcome back to Stephanie Writes and happy Tuesday! I sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed my previous two posts and hope you’re good and ready...

How to begin to describe a literary masterpiece like Thomas King’s Truth & Bright Water? Where do I, a lowly settler scholar from Ottawa,...

Hi there! My name is two names, Stephanie and Evelyn, elongated not only to sound more artistic and professional, but to carry my...