📚BOOKS

Here are the books I have reviewed for fun. Some have been sent by publicists, others I have bought or borrowed. I've read all of them. 

Readers may be divided into four classes: 

A. Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 
B. Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time. 
C. Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 
D. Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. 

      ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet, critic (1772-1834) 

 denotes a Canadian book!

1. Aaron, Glen; The Curse of Sacerdozio
2. Aaron, Richard; Gauntlet 
3. Alexander, Devin: You Can Have It (recipe book)
4. Alexander, Eva M.; Condos and Condoms (short stories)
5. Almond, Paul; The Gunner 
6. Alt, Jeff; The Adventures of Bubba Jones
7. Alton and Craan; My handy little health journal
8. Andersen; Fantasyland
9. Arden, John: The Brain Bible
10. Arneson,  Rick; Plotting the Course; Life lessons from the sport of sailing
11. Ashby, Kathy; Carol, A Woman's Way 
12. August, Y.; Coaching For Caregivers
13. Barager, R.; The Atheist and the Parrotfish
14. Barr, Nevada; 13½, Blood Lure
15. Bartleman, James; As Long as the Rivers Flow, Raisin Wine
16. Bartley, Allan; The Klu Klux Klan in Canada
17. Blachman and Stracher; The Curve
18. Blanche, Kathryn; Infiltrated by Demons



My Reading Pile!





19. Blatchford, Christie; Fifteen Days
20. Bradbury and Karney; Love Me Slender
21. Bradley, Eric; Harry Potter Collectibles
22. Brennan, Peter; Iceapelago
23. Brown, Ron; Vanished Villages Part 1, Post 2  (Non-fiction)
24. Brown, Ron; Backroads of Ontario (Non-fiction) 
25. Carey, Pamela: Elderly Parents With All Their Marbles
26. Carlon, Michael; Uncorking a Murder
27. Carpenter, J.: No Place to Pray
28. Carucci, M.; Sobrietease
29. Charters, Cloudia; Aloha: Where You Like Go?
30. Cho & Gifford; The Anxious Lawyer (self-help)
31. Christofora, Kevin; Amira Can Catch
32. Clevenger, S; Greek Mythic History
33. Clinton, Hilary; something lost, something gained
34. Clinton & Penny; State of Terror
35. Cobelo, Carolyn E.; Bridge to Beyond
36. Consell, R.A.; Stealing From Wizards Excellent trilogy for teens. 
37. Conway, Martha; Sugarland
38. Cook books: gluten-free, paleo,  from Robert Rose, Inc. 
39. Cotton, Larry D; Whiskey and Wickedness
40. Crilly, Karin: The Blue Satin Nightgown
41. Cuellar, David; Plastic Island (picture book)
42. Currie, T. Ottawa Valley's Great Fire of 1870
43. Cusumano, J.; Balance
44. Davidson, Dr. Elizabeth; Cheery: the Chiricahua leopard frog (Children's picture book)
45. Daywalt, Drew; The Day the Crayons Quit
46. De Avila, Ed., Spread Thin and Moving Fast: An unlikely story (memoir)
47. De Hart, Scott D.; Shelley Unbound: Uncovering Frankenstein's True Creator
48. De Santis, Cinazi; The Sense of Darkness
49. Delaney, V; Under Cold Stone, (Constable Molly Smith Series) 
50. DeLapa, Gina; stuff you already know
51. Dennis; Anita Katherine; Beyond Myself
52. Dickinson, Emily: the Illustrated Emily Dickinson Nature Sketchbook
53. Doering, Ron; The Battle of Crysler's Farm
54. Dougherty, M.J.; Life Lessons From a Total Failure
55. Donovan, Kelly; Police Line – Do Not Cross
56. Dr. Seuss; You're Only Old Once
57. Dunn, David A.; Get Life Right
58. Epp, Alvin; Through The Eyes of Guilt
59. Erwin, Travis; Waiting on the River
60. Espy, W.R.; Words to Rhyme With (Non-fiction)
61. Estes, Kelli; The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
62. Even, Aaron; He Comes in Fire
63. Eyre, Linda; Grandmothering
64. Fallis, Terry; The Best Laid Plans -comedy
65. Feder, S; Bitter and Sweet
66. Fields, Mara; Weaver's Light
67. FitzSimmons, David; Curious Critters, Salamander Dance
68. Flynn, Gillian; Gone Girl
69. Follett, Ken; Pillars of the Earth
70. Forrest, Deborah: Touch the Spirit: Connecting to the world of dementia (non-fiction)
71. Freed, Dennis; Love, Loss and Awakening
72. Freeman and Parks; All-Electric America
73. Gabaldon, D.; Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone
74. Gaber, Stanley; Jex Malone
75. Garner, L.G.; The Golden Princess
76. Gawande, Atul: Being Mortal 
77. Airton, Dr. Lee; Gender: Your Guide 
78. Genova, Lisa; Left Neglected, Still Alice
79. George, Elizabeth; In the Presence of the Enemy, Deception On His Mind
80. Gebreyohannes, B. T.; Fire Walkers (memoir) 
81. Graham, Heather; Death Dealer, Unhallowed Ground, On Isabella Street
82. Gray, John; Beyond Venus and Mars
83. Gray & Ardagh; Conscious Men
84. Green, Lyndsay; A Perfect Home for a Long Life
85. Greenblatt, Mark Lee; Valor: Unsung heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the home front
86. Griffin, Lynne; Sea Escape
87. Griffith, Victoria; Amazon Burning
88. Griffiths, Doug; 13 Ways to Kill Your Community
89. Grippando, James; The Penny Jumper
90. Habib, N. & M.N.; History of the Muslims of Regina, Saskatchewan, and Their Organizations
91. Haibach, Michael; Amazing Gracie
92. Hardee, J.L., Justice or Injustice: What really happens in a jury room (Memoire)
93. Harris, et al, Journey to Invisibility to Visibility
94. Hayden, John; Godfit
95. Helm & Smith: Talking Back to the Indian Act
96. Hemphill, R.F.; dust tea, dingoes, dragons (Memoire)
97. Heston, F.C., & McAdams, H. J.; Desolation Sound 
98. Hiebert, Michael; Close to the Broken-Hearted
99. Hill-Lehr, Andrea; A Mother's Road to Kandahar
100. Hillier, Jennifer; Wonderland 
101. Hoogstraten: The Debaters
102. Horeck, Brian; Frozen Beneath 
103. Hospital for Sick Children: The A to Z of Children's Health  
104. Ivey, Donna; Clinic of Hope: The story of Rene M. Caisse and Essiac
105. Izso, Jay; got social mediology?
106. Jackson, Joshilyn; The Almost Sisters
107. Jauvin, Chantal; The Boy with a Bamboo Heart: The story of a street orphan who built a children's charity
108. Jenner, Reid: Diagnose Yourself
109. Johnson, George: The Cancer Chronicles
110. Johnson, Spencer; Who Moved My Cheese? (Non-fiction)
111. Jonathan, Kath; The Resistance Painter
112. Jones, Marjorie G.; The Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott
113. Jones, Robin and Robert; The Refugee Crisis: Through the Eyes of the Children
114. Jucha, S. H.; The Silver Ships
115. Kading (Ed.); No Straight Lines
116. Kamm, Kurt; Tunnel Visions
117. Kellerman, Faye; Bon Box
118. Kendell, Laura J.; A Simple Case of Suicide
119. Kennedy, Dr. John; The Heart Health Bible
120. Kelsey, E.; You Are Stardust, Not Your Typical Book
121. Kerr, Leslie; Harriet Quimby
122. Keyser, Judith Redwing; Last Acts of Kindness (Non-fiction)
123. Kalla, Daniel; We All Fall Down 
124. Kinew, Wab; The Reason You Walk 
125. King, Samantha; Pink Ribbon, Inc. (Non-fiction)
126. Knight and Sweeney; You Should Be Writing
127. Krich, Rochelle; Dead Air
128. Kumar, Sameet M.; The Mindfulness of Grief (Also Medicalisation of Grief: DSM-IV)
129. Kuritz, Marc; Man With Child
130. Kushner, Harold; When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Conquering Fear
131. Lackberg, Camilla; The Gallows Bird
132. Lafaye, Vanessa; Under a Dark Summer Sky
133. Laferrière, Dany, The World is Moving Around Me: A Memoire of the Haiti Earthquake (Memoir) 
134. Lalonde, Julie S.; Resistance is Futile: The life and death of Julie S. Lalonde (memoir)
135. Lawhon, A. (2024) The Frozen River
136. Leinvebers, V; No TIme To Cry
137. Lemmon, G. T.; The Dressmaker of Khair Khan
138. Levin, Joel M.; Our Beguine (Memoir)
139. Lieberman & Neubert; Max and Charlie
140. Lindsay, B.R.: Old Bones
141. Louden, Paul; Behind the Locked Door (memoir; autism)
142. Lundin, S.C. et al; FISH!
143. Lynch, Wayne; Owls of the US and Canada
144. Mackie & Taylor; The Cottage Bible 
145. Mankell, Jenning; Faceless Killers
146. Manning, Diane Daniels; Almost Perfect
147. Maron, Margaret; The Bootlegger's Daughter
148. McGee, Robin; The Cancer Olympics
149. McGinty, Stephen, The Dive
150. McKee, David M; Bala Boy
151. McKee, Thomas. W; The Top Seven Reasons Volunteers Quit, The New Breed (Non-fiction)
152. McNally, B.; Unbridled
153. Martin, Mish Mockovic; Insights of a Yogi (autobiography)
154. Mancuso, S; The Incredible Journey of Plants
155. Mebane, Donna; Tomorrow Comes
156. mhic Aonghais, Clinton; The Baker Boys -700 pages, haven't gotten to it!
157. Miller, Dorcs S.; Scat Finder
158. Miralia, Mindy; The Hero in Heroin (autobiography)
159. Morelli, Laura; The Gondola Maker
160. Morgan & Smith; Advanced Genealogy (self-help
161. Moroney, Shannon; Through The Glass (Autobiography)
162. Mowery, J. Nichols; The Parallel Lives of Elizabeth Ann
163. Mukbil, Huda; Agent of Change 
164. Musleh, Mitri I.; The Making of a Palestinian Suicide Bomber 
165. Nash, Nicholas: The Girl at The Bar
166. Neice, Rick, The Band Plays On: Going home for a music man's encore (memoire)
167. Nelson, Craig; The Age of Radiance
168. Nichols, N.; Broken Promises (autobiography)
169. Nickerson, Cash; BOOMERangs; Engaging the Aging Workforce in America
170. Noah, Jim; Country Store
171. Obama, Barack; The Audacity of Hope
172. Orloff, Judith; The Ecstacy of Surrender
173. Paetkau, Jean; Blood on the Breakwater, The Sinking of Souls. 🇨🇦
174. Parker, David; The More You Do The Better You Feel (self-help)
175. Parker, Morgan; 1986
176. Pastor, Marc; Barcelona Shadows
177. Payne, Scott; Codename: Dark Horse
178. Penny, Louise; A Trick of the Light - Gamache series
179. Penny, Louise; A World of Curiosities
180. Pesaturo, Janet; Camera Trapping Guide
181. Picoult, Jodi; House Rules, The Tenth Circle, Plain Truth, Picture Perfect
182. Piggott, Mark; The Dark Tides
183. Pinzone, J.J.: Fireballs in my Eucharist: Fight Cancer Smarter 
184. Polster, E; Beyond Therapy
185. Potter, Cheryl: The Broken Circle, Secrets of the Lost Caves
186. Power, G. A.; Dementia Beyond Disease
187. Prattis; Trailing Sky Six Feathers , also New Planet, New World 
188. Pronko, M.; The Last Train: A Tokyo Adventure
189. Putzel, Michael; The Price They Paid
190. Regan, Paulette; Unsettling the Settler Within
191. Revere, Glenn; All About Carpets
192. Richards, Jass; Turblojetslams
193. Rice, Waub; Moon of the Crusted Snow,  Moon of the Turning Leaves 
194. Riley, Laura; Tell Me of Brave Women
195. Roe, Carolyn or Sale, Medora; Murder in a Good Cause
196. Rue, Nancy; Tristan's Gap
197. Roland, Bridget; the Doula
198. Rosen, Lynn; A Man of Genius
199. Rutherford, Edward; The Forest
200. Saturday Even Post Magazine 1963 Kennedy Edition
201. Schiller, E.; Watermark
202. Schopick, J.: Honest Medicine
203. Scholz & Church; The Masterpiece Within (Non-fiction)
204. Schwägerl, Christian; The Anthropocene  (Non-fiction)
205. Schwartz, Leslie; Angels Crest
206. Seuss, Dr.; You're only old once!
207. Shelly, Derek; Dying to Live
208. Shem, Samuel; The Spirit of the Place
209. Siegel, Alex; First Circle Club
210. Signorile, M. A.; The Wartime Chronicles 
211. Slatton, Traci L; Fallen,   Cold Light
212. Smiley, Cat; the planet friendly diet 
213. Sperazza, Diana; My Townie Heart
214. Stephanopoulis, G., (2024) The Situation Room
215. Stewart, Roderick; The Mind of Norman Bethune 
216. Sutton; The Power of Legacy (Non-fiction)
217. Tapper, J. (2025) Original Sin About Joe Biden.
218. Tartt, Donna; The Goldfinch
219. Thayer, R.S.; Kobee Manatee
220. Traill, Catherine Parr; Lost in the Backwoods
221. Transgender Lee; Woman Incognito
222. Treitler; My Dad is an Alcoholic: What About Me? (autobiography)
223. Tran; American Dreamer (autobiography)
224. Trollope-Kumar, Karen; Cloud Messenger
225. Trudeau, Kris; TimeShift 
226. Vallée, Brian; The War On Women 
227. Vinter, M.; Collette
228. Voss, Donna Carol; One of Everything
229. Wallach, Dr. J.D. ; Epigenetics; The death of the genetic theory of disease transmission (Non-fiction)
230. Ware, Ruth; The IT Girl, The Woman in Cabin 10/ The Woman in Suite 11
231. Warrington, Freda; Midsummer Night
232. Wathanavongs and Jauvin; The Boy With the Bamboo Heart
233. Welch, D.Y.; The Life and Times of Lilian J. Rice
234. White, Kate; If Looks Could Kill 
235. Williams and White:  Act III (Non-fiction)
236. Wilson, Daniel H.; Robopocalypse
237. Wilson, P.D.; The Caregiving Trap (Non-fiction)
238. Wold, Richard; Stan
239. Wolitzer, Meg: The Wife
240. Wright, Robert; Our Man in Tehran (Non-fiction)
241. Wyler, Allen;  Deadly Errors
242. Young, David; Channelling Harrison (biography)
243. Yow, David; Copycat

Book Reviews, Restaurant Reviews, DVD & iPad App Reviews (scroll down!) 

1. Band of Brothers
2. Borgen - Denmark Politics. Excellent!
3. Broadchurch – amazing! 
4. CIVIL WAR: THE UNTOLD STORY
5. DCI Banks
6. Endeavour (TV Series 2012)
7. Foyle's War
8. Grantchester
9. George Gently (TV Series 2007)
10. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
11. Inspector Lynley
12. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
13. Jack Irish
14. Janet King
15. Midsomer Murders (TV Series 1997)
16. Mystery Road (ABC)
17. My Life is Murder (ABC)
18.  People of a Feather, Belcher Isl., Hudson Bay
19. Shetland
20. The Newsroom - fabulous!
21. Vera - wonderful UK mystery

Restaurant Reviews

1. Almonte Barley Mow – May 9, 2015
2. Bistro 54 Italiano Perth – Jan. 2011
3. Café Postino Almonte – 2011
4. East Meets West – Perth - 2015 to present!
5. Fratelli – April 17, 2017
6. Georgian House – Alexandria, June 18th, 2016
7. Heirloom Restaurant Almonte – Jan. 2015
8. Mexicali Rosa –July 29, 2015 Also, Oct. 2010
9. Rocky River Cafe – October 17, 2017; also Dec. 6 & 26, 2013.
10. The Cove - Westport – many visits!
11. The Hot Wok – April 10, 2017.
12. The Shipwreck - Rideau Ferry – Oct. 2010
13. The Waterfront - Napanee – May 2015
14. Waterfront Gastropub – Carleton Place, May 23/18
15. Wildfire BBQ and Smokehouse – Perth, 2015
16. Zolas – Ottawa - May 13, 2015; Zola's Oct. 2016

iPad Apps

1. Never Alone –Inuit game PC, so far
2. Brushstroke –drawing
3. ToonCamera –photoshop idea
4. Doodle Buddy –drawing
5. PhotoBooth –photoshop idea
6. Dragon Naturally Speaking –speech-to-text, text-to-speech
7. Spirits of Spring –Josie and I like it!