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Canada Reads 2024: Day 3
Today I was unable to catch the live show but was pleased to avoid any spoilers until having time to watch this afternoon. As usual, the annual title fight is speeding by like a runaway train to bring us to … Continue reading
Canada Reads 2024: Day 2
Sadly, we said goodbye to Denison Avenue on Day 2 of Canada Reads. This book combined powerful prose (Christina Wong) and beautiful pen and ink drawings (Daniel Innes) and focused on a Toronto neighbourhood known as Chinatown. It was a … Continue reading
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Canada Reads 2024: Day 1
Everyone knows that I LOVE Canada Reads!! It is a fabulous way to connect, share a love of reading and read new genres, new authors and new styles of writing. Each of these 5 books was new to me because … Continue reading
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The Phoenix Crown Book Event with Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
River’s Edge at the Arlington was a lovely space for my first book event of 2024 which featured historical fiction authors, Kate Quinn and Janie Chang and was moderated by author, Brit Turnbull. I recently finished reading and highly recommend … Continue reading
#8, 9, 10, 11: Professional Development Reads
The world needs more positivity these days!! As I hibernate, I have been enjoying these books with ideas for building relationships, enhancing conversations and collaborating for a world that supports people! If I were to prioritize one book, I would … Continue reading
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#7 The Strangers (Katherena Vermette)
After reading The Break (for Canada Reads 2017), I have looked forward to another book by Katherena Vermette. Her words are powerful as she weaves the story of the Stranger Family. My favourite character became Cedar-Sage as I got drawn … Continue reading
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#6 Yes to Life (Viktor Frankl)
The powerful words of Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, have stayed with me as I think of suffering, resilience and hope, but honestly, I had trouble focusing on these lectures. They are newly published in English and maybe … Continue reading
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5. The Real Mystery of Tom Thomson ( Richard Weiser)
Although I found the content interesting, I struggled through parts of this book. Starting with his family’s immigration to Canada in 1832, it read like a who’s who of Canadian art. It provided a timeline and thoughts of the many … Continue reading
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4. good food, bad food (Abby Langer, RD)
Sadly, I have read a lot of diet and “healthy eating” books over the years. I was a teen in the 80s thinking about my weight, eating salads and got caught up in the sugar free era of diet Cokes … Continue reading
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3. Robert’s Rules of Order – Newly Revised, In Brief
Robert’s Rules of Order is not the most exciting book to read. It is dry and very specific but it is a helpful read for anyone that sits on a board. It helps provide structure and fairness to proceedings and … Continue reading
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