I have always been a fan of Greek mythology. It all stems back to Disney's "Hercules" - my favourite Disney movie filled with Greek gods, fantastic music and Danny DeVito. Since watching this movie as a child, my fascination for Greek mythology has never waivered. I read Madeline Miller's "A Song of Achilles" previously, and... Continue Reading →
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 →
A sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, Vice-President Al Gore updates and revises his original work from 2007. Gore’s book is not a simple presentation of facts around the climate crisis, but a call to action. He offers specific actions we can take as individuals. While the book has an American focus when it comes to... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon - Kate Anderson Brower From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor. No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's... Continue Reading →
If you have Netflix, you may be familiar with the title "Heartstopper", as this heartwarming graphic novel has recently become a series on the streaming service. Alice Oseman's story follows Charlie Spring, a young openly gay teenager at an all boys school in the UK. Before we meet Charlie, we learn he was bullied when... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! A Light in the Flame - Jennifer L. Armentrout From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book two in her Flesh and Fire series…The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill. The... Continue Reading →
Milman details the frightening decline of insects in this book citing the UN assessment and other dire warnings that half a million insect species are under threat of extinction. Without intervention, moretracts of land will become biodiversity desserts and the whole chain of life will be disrupted and endangered, from the disappearance of insect-eating birds... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Jazz Age of Mexico. Road trips across the country. An unexpected romance. Gods, demons, ghosts and spirits. This book has it all and more! Set in 1927 Mexico, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's "Gods of Jade and Shadow" follows 18-year old Casiopea Tun, a young woman who is a slave in her own family. Her mother, once... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star - John Honderich Don't let them ruin the newspaper. . . These were the dying words of Beland Honderich to his son, John. The newspaper was the Toronto Star, founded in 1892 by Joseph E. (Holy... Continue Reading →
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