book review

‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: A welcome return to the world of Panem 

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has created an all-round entertaining theatre experience for fans of the series.

‘Water Always Wins’: A vibrant investigation into water’s autonomy

Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge is a nonfiction reporting saga about water advocacy and conservation.

Prince Harry’s memoir “Spare” reveals a life steeped in luxury and loss

Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, leaves a chasm of distance between the Royals and little hope the Prince will ever return.

The LGBTQ Review | These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Don’t read this book if you’re looking for a story about magic and covens. But, if you’re looking for a cute love story about adorable lesbians that will make you…

The LGBTQ Review | Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Casey McQuiston delivers a romance for the new age, offering big time representation in a genre normally reserved for binary couples.

Review of Mistakes to Run With by Yasuko Thanh

Yasuko Thanh’s memoir, Mistakes to Run With, is a gritty account of her life as a teenage runaway. More than that, it’s a lesson in imagining people complexly.

The single introvert’s Valentine’s Day book review

Make a book your main squeeze this February There’s no worse combination than being an introvert and single on Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t help if both your roomates have girlfriends,…

New book humanizes health care in Canada

Andrew MacLeod’s “All Together Healthy” offers accessible criticisms for an all-too-often inaccessible health care system The joke goes like this: the premise of Breaking Bad would never work in Canada. That’s…

Bill Gaston’s latest book has fish, family, and feeling

If you want to learn a lot about fishing without looking like you’re reading about fishing, this might be the book for you. I read Bill Gaston’s new memoir, Just…