In Northern Sweden sit two towns which are the fiercest of rivals. While both communities have deeply competitive junior hockey teams, only one, Beartown, is in possession of a generational talent. The talent in question is the key to unlocking Beartown’s economical recovery following the collapse of its local factory, the town’s largest employer. If…
BAD CREE follows MacKenzie, a young Indigenous woman from the Canadian Prairies living in Vancouver. Nearly a year has passed since her sister Sabrina’s untimely death and MacKenzie has yet to properly grieve. However, when Sabrina begins showing up in Mackenzie’s vivid and deeply upsetting nightmares, MacKenzie is called home by her family to confront…
Another year, another top 10 list. In years past, I’ve tried to post five fiction and five non-fiction, however, this year my fiction list was so strong, it overtook all by one spot for non-fiction. Station Eleven – Emily St John Mandala What can I say about this book that hasn’t been said by so…
Damien Cox is no stranger to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is entering his fifth decade as a journalist, with the bulk of those years spent covering the Leafs. With REVIVAL, this becomes his third book solely focused on the team with a few others covering hockey on the whole. REVIVAL reunites Cox with Gord…
Amazon has gathered a few talented horror writers together for their “creature feature” collection with six authors penning six stories for the spooky season. I’ll be reading and reviewing all six this month – up first, Joe Hill’s THE PRAM. Hill’s story follows Willy and Marianne as they relocate to rural Maine as the COVID-19…
The Night House follows teen Richard Elauved as he’s sent to the remote town of Ballantyne to live with his Aunt and Uncle following the tragic deaths of his parents. Carrying the hurt caused by his parents’ untimely demise, Richard assumes the role of bully terrifying his peers and classmates at school. One afternoon, Richard…
In A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN, co-authors Damien Cox and Andrew Podnieks examine the shortened 2021 season – specifically the North Division – as the NHL attempted to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. When this book initially hit shelves in April of 2022, I dismissed it as potentially being a thinly-researched cash-grab. Are we really that…
In the acknowledgements of the novel, author Chuck Wendig writes about how boring, bland and uninteresting apples are. That was until a trip to a local farmers market unlocked his taste for the many lesser-known varieties. If you’ve followed Chuck on any of his social media platforms the last few years, you’re aware of his…
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