These Days Are Numbered: Diary of a High-Rise Lockdown by Rebecca Rosenblum. Advance Reader Copy (eARC) from the publisher via NetGalley included. No affiliate links were used. Read my full disclosure policy here.

Paula’s e-reader is lying on a black, grey, and white floral patterned duvet cover beside a cup of coffee. The e-reader is open on the title page of These Days Are Numbered by Rebecca Rosenblum.

When the world began to shut down because of Covid-19, writer Rebecca Rosenblum posted on Facebook about her days in Toronto, Canada. These Days Are Numbered is an edited volume of those public diary entries.

Rosenblum's writing is humorous and, at times, poignant. At its heart, Rosenblum's memoir is about searching for community and connection in the strange new world we all found ourselves adjusting to.

More than once, I thought some variation of 'how odd that she keeps referring to her husband by his full name?!' before remembering that this is because he was tagged in the original Facebook posts! So, the transfer from social media to book isn't seamless, although I understand the decision to leave things like this in place.

I know reading about the pandemic (particularly in non-fiction) isn't for everyone, but I am glad I spent time with Rosenblum's lockdown diary. If only because it reassured me that forgetting how to have 'normal' conversation with people post-lockdowns wasn't just a me problem!

These Days Are Numbered: Diary of a High-Rise Lockdown by Rebecca Rosenblum is published by Dundurn Press and is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

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