Jim the Boy is the 2000 novel by Tony Earley. I bought my copy in the bookstore in Paris Ontario, a bookstore from an other era, where the fellow who runs the place proudly stocks books he likes and cares about. I don’t know what… Read More
Blind but Now I See is Kent Gustavson’s biorgraphy of the late Doc Watson. When I read about this book I was very much looking forward to it because I’ve been listening to and enjoying Doc Watson’s music for many years. I think my introduction… Read More
There are some great selections currently in the 27th Street box. If you’re in the area, stop by, take some books or leave a book or two for others to enjoy. The book box is located at 15 Twenty-seventh St in Long Branch….just up from… Read More
The Sisters Brothers is set as a western novel – in fact a gold rush western novel – but it is an unusual one. The book chronicles some of the adventures of Eli and Charlie Sisters, paid killers on what would be their last job. … Read More
We’re fairly well-known in the neighbourhood for hosting the 27th St. Book box in front of our house. The other day, somebody made the generous gesture of leaving a heaping big bag of books on our porch. Given that the book box is more or… Read More
Now that I’ve abandoned the current novel I’m reading, I’m open for some fiction suggestions. I have some non-fiction here that I’ll likely read concurrently but I’d like to bite into a novel. I might just grab one from the book box out front. There… Read More
Do you ever start a book and abandon it at some point along the way? I don’t like doing that but I confess it has happened from time to time. In fact it happened today when I abandoned 2666 by Roberto Bolano. This is a… Read More
I was very lucky to have grown up in a household in which everybody loved to read. I can recall my sister teaching me reading way before I ever learned it in school, and I’m sure that’s one of the things that sealed my life… Read More
There are some excellent selections in the 27th Street book box right now. For fans of Nordic-noir fiction, check out The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen. And I see a Canadian classic has returned – Solomon Gursky was Here by Mordecai Richler. If… Read More
This morning on the way in from my morning dog walk I picked up the Etobicoke Guardian from the stairs. On the front page there is an article about new book boxes that will be appearing at Humber College June 4. The article quotes the… Read More
27th Street 