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Difficult Women

by Roxane Gay

A collection of marriage- and baby-normative stories with nearly identical protagonists. All formidably written of course.

Homesick for Another World

by Ottessa Moshfegh

Capably written single-formula stories that are casually fatphobic, ableist, dismissive of the other while centring another ‘other’.

Mise Au Point: Grammaire Française, Vocabulaire et Textes

by Michel A. Parmentier

It’s a textbook for learning French in Quebec so you’ll read about the passé surcomposé for example.

Excellent intermediate grammar notes. I really like how the illustrative sentences stick to the theme of each chapter (language and communication, journalism, entertainment, school, work, economics, accommodation, food, personal care, … Read more

Précis de la langue des signes française : À l’usage de tous

by Olivier Marchal, Thomas Tessier

Magnifiquement illustré et avec un peu d’humour. L’illustration de la lettre “T” dans l’alphabet n’est cependant pas très claire.

En Bonne Forme

by Simone Renaud, Dominique Van Hooff

An excellent mix of reading, vocabulary, grammar notes, exercises, and suggested discussions and other oral activities for the classroom. It’s well-formatted as well which is unfortunately uncommon in language learning textbooks and goes a long way in making a textbook a pleasure to study.

My … Read more

We Love You, Charlie Freeman

by Kaitlyn Greenidge

★★★

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë

Full chapters in half a thousand pages aggravatingly steeped in Christian patriarchy, with moderate compensation in a playfulness of language. Lucy must perform for and soothe a domineering, needling, petty, and creepily hovering M. Emanuel, who at a switch is transformed into her life’s hero.