In MURDER ON THE INSIDE, author Catherine Fogarty looks at the deadly riot that took place at Kingston Penitentiary. On April 14, 1971, inmate Billy Knight led what was to be a peaceful protest against the horrendous living conditions at Kingston Penitentiary. Fed up with the dehumanizing conditions inside the prison and the rumors of…
Pure Dynamite is the memoir of professional wrestler Tom “The Dynamite Kid” Billington. In the years following the 1999 release of Mick Foley’s Have A Nice Day, the marketplace for wrestler memoirs and biographies exploded. While many of those books aren’t worth reading, Tom Billington’s memoir – originally released in 2001 – has long been…
COACH is the story of the three time NHL coach of the year award winner, Pat Burns. In 1992, when I was 8 years old, I came home from hanging out with my friends and proudly proclaimed that I liked hockey and that I was now a Montreal Canadiens fan. My Uncle got wind of…
A Writer Prepares is the new memoir from author Lawrence Block that details his early years as a writer and how he broke into the industry offering a glimpse into an incredibly successful and prolific career. I received a copy from the author for review. How this book came together is just as interesting as…
RAGE is Bob Woodward’s follow-up to his 2018 book FEAR focusing on the second half of Trump’s presidency. RAGE examines Trump’s relationship with Kim Jong-Un and North Korea, the outcome of the FBI’s Russia Investigation, the Black Lives Matter movement and of course, COVID-19. It is absolutely astounding how poorly Trump and his administration responded…
Theft By Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 contains the contents of David Sedaris’ diaries. A few years ago, I had read a book that collected Kevin Smith’s blog posts. David Sedaris’ Theft by Finding is essentially the same thing. Theft by Finding is twenty-five years of writing extracted from Sedaris’ journal. I suppose that’s all a blog…
Bob Woodward examines the Trump Presidency and how it came to be at its halfway point in 2018’s FEAR. From mid-2015 through to January 2021, the world was inundated with a twenty-four hour news cycle revolving around former US President Donald Trump. Like many, I couldn’t escape the constant coverage of his erratic behavior and…
Over the past few years, I’ve had this fear I keep on the backburner regarding retirement. Sure, I’ve got an RRSP that I contribute to but I don’t have a pension plan. I’ve read more than a few articles that state that by the time I’m eligible to retire, retirement won’t be a thing that…
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