Category Archives: Books

Conversations with Leaders, Champions, and Luminaries; Canada 150 Women, Pauline Cameron No matter what, when you curate a book of some kind of list, you will inevitably disappoint someone, and in this respect, this particular list book does not … … Continue reading →

Midnight Riot, by Ben Aaronovitch Well, it’s just been *forever* since I read this book. However, since finishing it, I’ve been practicing my procrastination skills to great effect and so here I am, months later, trying to turn back time … Continue reading →

Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11 by Kevin Tuerff Not enough people know the story of the people of Gander, Newfoundland and their generosity of spirit in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when 38 international airplanes … Continue reading →

The Coaching Habit; Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, by Michael Bungay Stanier The Coaching Habit is a business book which is superior over its contemporaries in that it is marginally less repetitive. I have … Continue reading →

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson This is the second time I have found my way to purchasing a book thinking I had stumbled onto a wonderful … Continue reading →

Where’d you go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple “Where’d you go…” is a well written, funny book with lots of promise. A teenage daughter, Bee, tries to locate her missing, agoraphobic mother, Bernadette, by piecing together scraps of communications that she’s … Continue reading →

Religion for Athiests, Alain de Botton Way back when my niece was being baptised, the minister kindly offered to baptise my son as well, even though we were not members of his church. I politely declined due to my lack … Continue reading →

Life Sentence: Stories from four decades of court reporting — or, how I fell out of love with the Canadian Justice system. (Especially Judges). by Christie Blatchford Christie Blatchford is fired up about the state of the Canadian Justice system, … Continue reading →

I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron For much of this book, I thought Nora Ephron and my friend Chrystal had very similar styles of writing, but in fact Chrystal is much funnier. Judge for yourself. Chrystal: The next … Continue reading →