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
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 just finished reading How Music Works, the 2012 book by David Byrne. I’d like to thank Hobie Post up front for recommending this excellent read. For those who saw the name of the author and immediately thought the question, yes, it is by THAT… Read More
I read books for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes I’ll pick up a book based on recommendations from friends. Other times, I’ll read a review or a reference to a book on line. Still at other times, I’ll wander through a book store and be… Read More
I’ve ordered my copy of Crazy Town by Robyn Doolittle – the Rob Ford story – and I can’t wait to read it. This has been the most spectacular term in Toronto politics in my memory and Star reporter Robyn Doolittle has been front and… Read More
One of our most excellent neighbours came by a few days ago and dropped off a bag of books for the book box. I replaced some of the books that have been in there for some time with new ones…..so if you haven’t been by… Read More
We’ve had a complaint about the book box. It seems with all this crazy cold weather the flow of books in and out has slowed down. One of our neighhbours told Tuffy P he has books for the book box but there is no room.… Read More
The Mushroom Hunters – On the Trail of an Underground America, by Langdon Cook, explores a foraging culture the extent of which I had never imagined. The massive extraction on tasty edibles from the woods of the mountain west is driven by popularity of local… Read More
The Last Policeman is a police procedural mystery thriller kind of novel with an unusual and clever premise. An asteroid is going to crash into the earth. People are checking out early – hanging themselves in bathrooms and closets. Others have abandoned jobs to chase… Read More
27th Street 