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  • Drinking the Ocean – Saad Omar Khan

    Drinking the Ocean – Saad Omar Khan

    Drinking the Ocean follows Murad and Sofi as their lives intertwine, where one loves the other romantically and it’s only returned in the type of love that a sibling would receive. We follow this story first from the future as Murad sees Sofi on the TTC and then we venture back into history to see…

    Rating: Maybe
    Genre: Adult Fiction
    Style: Fiction
    Author: Saad Omar Khan
  • Corporate Control – Nora Loreto

    Corporate Control – Nora Loreto

    Much like Dark PR I see in this government subsidizing industries that really aren’t good for the people that live in the country, the people that government is supposed to be serving. From choosing free trade over the protected economy in the late 80’s to selling off the Crown Corporations to business that now make…

    Rating: Recommended
    Genre: Canada, Capitalism, Corruption, Economics, Oligarch
    Style: Non-fiction
    Author: Nora Loreto
  • The Case Against the Sexual Revolution – Louise Perry

    The Case Against the Sexual Revolution – Louise Perry

    This is October’s book club book. Join the free email list to get all the content. Perry’s main argument is that while the sexual revolution liberated women from some of the taboo’s of sex outside of marriage, it also brought many issues for women participating in sex. She argues, convincingly to me, that the sexual…

    Rating: Recommended
    Genre: feminism, Sociology
    Style: Non-fiction
    Author: Louise Perry
  • Artemis – Andy Weir

    Artemis – Andy Weir

    In this book we follow Jasmine (Jazz) on the Artemis colony on the Moon. She’s a smuggler and generally gets up to shenanigans involving smuggling and in this book some sabotage. While I loved The Martian and Hail Mary, this book wasn’t one I loved. I even read it a second time now, first read…

    Rating: Maybe
    Genre: Science Fiction
    Style: Fiction
    Author: Andy Weir
  • Beneath Dark Waters – Eve Lazarus

    Beneath Dark Waters – Eve Lazarus

    While the Titanic sinking may be one of the most famous Maritime disasters, it’s not the biggest or the one that touches Canada the most. A few years after the Titanic had it’s ill-fated meeting with an iceberg The Empress of Ireland had a collision with another ship on the St Lawrence in Canada where…

    Rating: Recommended
    Genre: Canada, History
    Style: Non-fiction
    Author: Eve Lazarus
  • Never Play it Safe – Chase Jarvis

    Never Play it Safe – Chase Jarvis

    This was read for September 2025 book club. Join to get regular posts on books. While part of my is always inspired by these types of books they also seem to be extreme examples of survivorship bias. We only hear about all the people the author has met, and sometimes coached, that succeeded by following…

    Rating: Maybe
    Genre: Productivity, Success, Time Management
    Style: Non-fiction
    Author: Chase Jarvis
  • My Friends – Fredrik Backman

    My Friends – Fredrik Backman

    Fredrik Backman does it again, serving readers a tragic but also uplifting tail that brought me to tears. This was by far the one I thought was going to end in all tragedy, but had a strong light at the end of the tunnel as community was formed in the midst and via the heart…

    Rating: Recommended
    Genre: Adult Fiction
    Style: Fiction
    Author: Fredrik Backman
  • Moral Ambition – Rutger Bregman

    Moral Ambition – Rutger Bregman

    This is Rutger Bregman’s treatise to get you to do more with your life than simply get a job to earn lots of money and find a position of power. He says that you have a deep moral obligation to make a change in the world with your work and that far too many people…

    Rating: Don’t Read
    Genre: Philanthropy, Success
    Style: Non-fiction
    Author: Rutger Bregman
  • The Prison Healer – Lynette Noni

    The Prison Healer – Lynette Noni

    Here we meet Kiva, who was taken to prison because her father was seen near a rebel. After her father dies in prison Kiva becomes an assistant healer and then takes her father’s place as a healer in the notorious Zalindov prison, which is used by all the countries around as a place to send…

    Rating: Recommended
    Genre: Fantasy, Teen Fantasy
    Style: Fiction
    Author: Lynette Noni
  • Apple in China – Patrick McGee

    Apple in China – Patrick McGee

    Apple in China paints a picture of a company that took Steve Jobs personality to heart. From Tony Blevin’s making deals that put workers in dire situations at Foxconn so that the company could hit the prices Apple forced on them, to Tim Cook going back on his 2017 statement about staying silent in the…

    Rating: Recommended
    Genre: Apple, Economics
    Style: Non-fiction
    Author: Patrick McGee
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