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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: MaybeGenre: Adult FictionStyle: FictionAuthor: Saad Omar Khan -

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: RecommendedStyle: Non-fictionAuthor: Nora Loreto -

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…
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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: MaybeGenre: Science FictionStyle: FictionAuthor: Andy Weir -

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: RecommendedStyle: Non-fictionAuthor: Eve Lazarus -

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…
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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: RecommendedGenre: Adult FictionStyle: FictionAuthor: Fredrik Backman -

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 ReadStyle: Non-fictionAuthor: Rutger Bregman -

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: RecommendedStyle: FictionAuthor: Lynette Noni -

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: RecommendedStyle: Non-fictionAuthor: Patrick McGee