When Caitlin Doughty was a young girl a chance encounter with death kicked off a life-long obsession with mortality. Her book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, is her journey into the funeral industry while also exploring what happens to all of us when we kick the bucket. Like many people, death is not an event…
While on a self-imposed sabbatical from detective work, Izzy Spellman is approached by a man with a simple job offer – he wants to know if his wife is having an affair. Although Izzy agrees to take the job, it becomes the least of her worries. As always, there is something fishy going on with…
In 1993, Stephen King released Nightmares & Dreamscapes, his third short story collection (fifth if you count his two novella collections “Different Seasons” and “Four Past Midnight”). In all honesty, as a collection, I thought this was pretty bad. When you look at the quality of Night Shift and Skeleton Crew, it’s hard to believe…
You know that old saying, “a leopard cannot change its spots”? Well, that holds true for Beauregard “Bug” Montage. In his youth, he worked as a wheelman; the best damn getaway driver you’ve ever seen. Following the completion of what was believed to be “one last job”, Beauregard set himself up well for the future.…
Alongside longtime television producer Mark Bulgutch, acclaimed broadcaster Peter Mansbridge brings together a collection of stories featuring extraordinary Canadians who embody the values we hold dear as a nation. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a conversation last week between Peter Mansbridge and Sarah St. Pierre, senior editor at Simon and Schuster. When…
The Answer Is… is the memoir from long-time Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek. Those looking for a standard paint-by-numbers linear memoir may be disappointed, but what you get here is likely a better experience. I had the pleasure of listening to the audiobook, which aside from the introduction, the conclusion and a handful of chapters read…
The second volume of the original black and white classics collects issues eight through eleven as well as the Michelangelo, Donatello and Leonardo one-shot issues. This one kicks off with a bang focusing on Michelangelo as he chases down a couple of ne’er-do-wells who robbed a children’s toy store on Christmas Eve. Anyone that knows…
Way, way back in the 1980s, like many kids, I was obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I couldn’t tell you just how many toys I had or how many times I watched the cartoon show and when the live-action movie hit theatres in 1990, my fandom rose to a whole other level. Its…
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