As of this writing, I have read 109 books this year – my most ever in a single calendar year! Of those 109, I’ve had the misfortune of picking only 10 standouts. Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan Claire Keegan’s quiet novel about a coal merchant’s courageous actions affected me on a deep level.…
Is it weird to say that I’ve only read 71 books so far this year? The last two years, I had read over 100 books each year, so I’m definitely down considerably. But 71 books is still more than a lot. Of those 71, here are my Top 10 reads. Fiction We Spread – Iain…
Last year, I opened the Top 10 with a comment about how much 2020 had sucked. Given that we are still grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, it did leave me with a lot of time on my hands in the early part of the year to devour books like a madman. So, much like last…
I think we can all agree that 2020 sucked, right? Well, if there are any positives to be gained from this garbage fire of a year it’s that I had more time than ever to read. As of this writing, I have read 95 books! I’m hoping to get to 100 before January 1st (which…
I somehow found the time to read over 80 books this year – the most I’ve read in a single year since 2014 (I read 90 that year). Therefore, rather than just pick 5 books I enjoyed, I decided to go with a Top 10 – five fiction and five non-fiction. I still had a…
Well, it’s that time again. The 2019 Canada Reads competition has arrived. Comedian Ali Hassan returns as host and moderator for the third straight year after taking over from Wab Kinew in 2017. This year, the theme is “one book to move you”. With that in mind, it likely meant that you had some heavy…
Editor’s Note: As you may notice, this is a list heavy with white males. This wasn’t a conscious effort on my part. It just so happens that a lot of these authors are ones I truly enjoy and have read in the past. These are just seven of the more than six dozen books I…
I achieved a small goal of mine in 2018 by eclipsing the number of books I read in 2017. In 2018, I read over sixty books as opposed to the forty-five I read the year prior. You’ll see some repeat authors on my 2018 list – in fact, this is the third year in a…
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