To date on this blog I have avoided publishing an immersive “to be read list”. You know the ones, 100 or 50 or 150, books you must read before you die. After perusing many of these lists, I can say with confidence that they are heavily redundant, somewhat elitist, and a sure cure for that pesky insomnia. Certainly there must be a better list of books I can recommend you keep company with in your dying days.
Read MoreWhere will you be when the world ends? If you have learned anything from books like The Shining, Pyscho, Evil Under The Sun, it won’t be at an isolated hotel.
Read MoreOne night, five remembrances, each one accompanied by a glass raised in a toast. If you had to name five people to epitomize the pivotal moments of your life, who would they be?
Read MoreThis novel is searing in its portrayal of sociopathy and a few other nasty qualities. As the title should indicate, this is no gentle unburdening of harmless wrong doings.
Read MoreGripping, thrilling, terrifying, clever, scintillating. You can’t judge a book by its cover, especially if it declares it’s going to any of these things. This book is none of these things.
Read MoreWordplay is by definition the clever and witty use of words and the manipulation of their meaning. The application of techniques such as snark, oxymorons, slang, euphuisms, puns and malapropisms can elicit distinct and often colourful responses in a reader. Come play with me…
Read MoreLet’s be honest, whether in fiction or in fact, the girl has always swooned for the brooding bad boy. Our heroine, a cleric raised in a monastery who speaks with gods and possesses magical powers, is no different.
Read MoreThe couple at the center of this tale decide they need to spice up their marriage and choose a very unconventional way to do so. These two are undeniably depraved and you likely won’t be able to look away. Think Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but with no interest in the greater good!
Read MoreIn this collection of memoirs of Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll, I would like to tell you that these books will mostly be about the Rock ‘N Roll, but who are we kidding! Decided it was time to assemble a selection of some favourite musical memoirs for your guilty pleasure!
Read MoreIn this collection of memoirs of Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll, I would like to tell you that these books will mostly be about the Rock ‘N Roll, but who are we kidding! Decided it was time to assemble a selection of some favourite musical memoirs for your guilty pleasure!
Read More“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger in the broken places.” This quote came from Hemingway rather than this author, but it’s these spaces that she explores in this remarkable memoir. She lays bare her open heart and invites us to find our own story in the eloquent narrative.
Read MoreIt’s a good time to be young reader!! Recently I had occasion to do a fair amount of research on books for a group of 9-13-year old’s, both boys and girls. Here are a few of them…
Read MoreAmong my favourite bits are the authors commentary on how we internalize our every waking moment to the point of assuming we are the centre of the universe. And his use of the term; grinds my gears. Pure gold!
Read MoreMostly ordinary people sucked into a vortex of utterly unbelievable circumstances that propel them headlong into life and death situations. Are you required to leave the logic center of your brain at the door, absolutely. Are you going to care, or even notice? Absolutely not.
Read MoreNot for the squeamish or ultra-sensitive. If you are either you should consider if you have taken a wrong turn into this site.
Read More“If you are around long enough the stories you read, or watch, or listen to are distant. Until they become close.”
Possibly none more so than tales of dystopian fiction, which saw a rise in readership with the release of The Hunger Games books, and the wave of popularity has only gained momentum with the success of The Handmaids Tale television series.
Read MoreI’m going to let you in on a little secret, inside of every avid reader is a writer dying to get out! And trust me when I tell you they aren’t dreaming small, they are looking to publish the next epic novel.
Read MoreBe prepared to embrace the holy trinity as you read this novel. Not the father, son and the holy spirit. But the other, far less godly one; sex, drugs and rock and roll! And there is plenty of all three is this book.
Read MoreBy the time the devastating secret that was simmering under the surface for 25 years, teased on book jacket, is revealed, I didn’t much care.
Read MoreI always have a running list of books I am looking forward to reading, its essential for a voracious reader such as myself. Rarer are the ones I am really excited about; that I put in my calendar to ensure I pick it up at the bookstore the day of release, that I carve out a block of time in my schedule to start reading. These books fall into that category!
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