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…
OK, book three of Canada Reads 2019 down. After reading Brother, I’m becoming skeptical of the tagline for this year’s competition – “one book to move you”. It should probably be, “Canada Reads: Embrace Depression.” David Chariandy’s novel Brother is an absolutely tremendous, albeit heartbreaking read. Alternating between the past and the present, Chariandy’s book…
Every Read Thing 