#the visitors

The Skyfighter was the main fighter of the Visitors fleet. While initially promised as a defence aid to the people of Earth, the Skyfighter proved to be an effective tool of suppression, once the Visitors revealed their true natures.

Friday Reads: June 16, 2017

This Friday Reads is dedicated to saying good-bye to our Marketing Manager, Loretta. She is leaving Simon & Schuster Canada and moving onto bigger things, and we couldn’t be happier for her. So check out what she’s been reading her last week at S&S Canada, it might just be your next favourite book!

Andrea, Digital Marketing Associate: I’m nearly done The Visitors by Catherine Burns. It’s a haunting and unsettling debut novel about a timid spinster who lives with her domineering brother and “the visitors” who live in the cellar. I won’t say more except that it’ll leave you looking at your neighbours with new eyes and wondering if they’re as “normal” as they seem…

Siobhan, Assistant to the President & Editorial Director: I just finished reading the ARC of Until It Fades by K.A. Tucker, which was a break from what I have been reading lately. It was such a sweet and satisfying romance, with a strong female protagonist who doesn’t need a man, but finds love nonetheless. Did I mention the love interest is a chiseled yet sentimental hockey player? I’m here for it!

Jacquelynne, Marketing Assistant: I just finished reading I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo, and oh my gosh it was ADORABLE. I loved Desi’s over-achieving personality (reminded me a bit of myself when I was a teenager) and her two best friends who were total enablers in her crazy plan to get a boyfriend. I also learnt about K-Drama’s, and might dive into one or two this weekend. The way Maurene Goo wrote about teenagers, and the high school experience was very authentic and reminiscent of Jenny Han. The situations were SO awkwardly adorable that I caught myself cringing a few times, but couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud on the subway. If you’re into cute, light, contemporary YA than this is the book for you. 

Loretta, Marketing Manager: Sing, Unburied, Sing is incredible. I haven’t encountered writing this powerful since reading All the Light We Cannot See. The story of Jojo and his family is in turns sorrowful, shocking, and stunningly beautiful.   

Jojo’s childhood is wrought with hardship. His daily challenges of poverty and abuse are overlain with the influence of the spiritual world; the ghosts in this place have stories to tell. They remind us of the circuitous nature of the past and the connectivity of life. They remind us of the importance of telling and listening to stories. This novel from Jesmyn Ward feels like a gift. It is a rare and beautiful thing.