Book clubs offer a great opportunity for friends and book lovers to gather (whether virtually or in person) to catch up and discuss a good book. There’s only two problems with this activity and they seem to come up at every meeting: what book should the group read next and how do you find enough... Continue Reading →
I had this book on the backburner for literally years. I remember a friend from school reading it, and saying it was good. You may or may not know the thirty-three-chapter novel ‘Out of my Mind’ by Sharon M. Draper but it is about a girl, Melody Brooks, who has cerebral palsy - which means... Continue Reading →
Kristen Cashore’s book, Winterkeep, coincides perfectly with her last three books in such an unexpecting, wonderful way. We begin with Queen Bitterblue, who, under the suspicious sinking of the Seashell and the resulting death of her envoys, must travel to a newly discovered continent in the north, Torla. On her way to the closest nation,... Continue Reading →
And we're back! After a summer break, Read This Next returns with all-new episodes and themes. Today we're all about the high seas (or the wide open oceans of space) with books about pirates. Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next or watch on our YouTube channel (also... Continue Reading →
The 2019 movie Cats had some of the worst movie reviews of that year. I feel like it doesn’t deserve such a bad reputation. It wasn’t that bad. They got people who could actually sing, unlike other movie musicals. The story of Cats is about the Jellicle Cats (pretty much a gang of cats, most... Continue Reading →
Roy Blomstrom, born in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, is the son of Finland-Swede parents who lived through the Finnish Civil War and came to Canada. His first novel, Silences: A Novel of the 1918 Finnish Civil War, was shortlisted for the Whistler Independent Book Award and the Northern Lit award. Roy has published... Continue Reading →
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