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[Toronto Reads]Our city through the eyes of an immigrant Post Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) The Hungry Ghosts, Shyam Selvadurai, Doubleday Canada, hardcover $29.95 You may not enjoy reading about Toronto seen by the family from...
[Toronto Reads]About that musical day in July Post Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Writing Gordon Lightfoot, by Dave Bidini, McClelland and Stewart, trade paperback, $21. Broadcaster/musician Jian Ghomeshi has...
[Toronto Reads]Story so intimate it’s real Post Date: Monday, July 23, 2012 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Giant, Aga Maksimowska, Pedlar Press, trade paperback $20. It’s difficult to read Aga Maksimowska’s Giant without thinking of the novel...
[Toronto Reads]A truly ‘enchanting’ young adult read Post Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) The Green Man, Michael Bedard, Tundra Books, hardcover $21.99. A lot of books, especially for young readers, come with the blurb...
[Toronto Reads]Quick read satisfies Post Date: Monday, May 14, 2012 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Best Girl, Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Raven Books, paperback $9.95. It’s a good idea. With the attention span of readers shrinking...
[Toronto Reads]Examining public, private struggles Post Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) The Lightning Field, Heather Jessup, Gaspereau Press, trade paperback $27.95. Even if you didn’t catch the many Toronto-area...
[Toronto Reads]Ondaatje changes pace for his latest novel Post Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje, McClelland & Stewart, hard cover $32. Give Michael Ondaatje credit for not repeating himself. In...
[Toronto Reads]Detective duo turn to new class of thrills Post Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Reluctant Dead, John Moss, Dundurn, paperback $11.99 It’s said everyone has one great book inside them. Sometimes I think this...
[Toronto Reads]Hanlan's Point writes new chapter on self-publishing Post Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Hanlan’s Point, Jake Babad, independently published, paperback $5, ebook $3 Jake Babad has taken the currently popular route of...
[Toronto Reads]Ford follies fails to deliver Post Date: Friday, March 18, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) The Little Book of Rob Ford, House of Anansi, paperback $8.99. Reviewer’s dream: A book one can finish reading in 10...
[Toronto Reads]A study of colourful characters Post Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven, Ross King, Douglas & McIntyre/McMichael Canadian Art Collection, hardcover...
[Toronto Reads]Short, sweet tales of love Post Date: Friday, February 4, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) By Love Possessed, Lorna Goodison, McClelland and Stewart, hardcover $28.99. I don’t know why short stories are not more popular....
[Toronto Reads]A murderous beginning Post Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Deadly Mementoes, Leslie Bendaly, iUniverse, hardcover $27.95, softcover $17.95, e-book $9.99. Reviewers typically shudder at the prospect...
[Toronto Reads]Northern survival theme makes for an undeniably Canadian tale Post Date: Monday, July 26, 2010 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Simple story. Two 40-something Quebec natives who have been living in Toronto separately return to their northern hometown of Ile D’Or. In...
[Toronto Reads]Tale tall, thin and terrific Post Date: Monday, July 26, 2010 ( Bayview Mills, Beach-South Riverdale, Bloor West, Riverdale-East York, Forest Hill, Leaside-Rosedale, North Toronto, North York, Toronto Today (Midtown)) Blind Luck, Scott Carter, Darkstar Fiction, trade $18.95. Lucky us, to have author Scott Carter among us. The Beach-bred and...