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Hugh's Daily Recommendations for a Monday...

Book: Saturday Night Ghost Club, Craig Davidson

Playlist: Have a Great Day! SPOTIFY

Movie: Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg

Activity: Walk!

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2025 Reading List

This book list is one I’m very excited to get through. It has something for everyone and a couple for just me! Ha! "Until August" by Gabriel García Márquez "Until August" is a collection of twenty-five short stories that embrace themes of love, power, identity, and fate. Each story expresses Márquez's exceptional storytelling ability and presents characters who grapple with a range of emotional experiences within the context of Latin American culture. "Wandering Stars" by Tommy Orange In this collection of six short stories, Tommy Orange showcases a diverse cast of characters experiencing the complex facets of Native American life. From grief and resilience to the pursuit of belonging, these narratives examine the ways in which the past intertwines with the present, shaping the multifaceted Indigenous experience. "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig This captivating novel follows the story of Nora Seed, who is given a second chance to explo...

2024 Book List

Hello all. I have chosen my picks of the best books of 2023 and here is my reading list for the New Year! Feel free to share this post widely since the books on this list make great holiday gifts! Included are the Booker Award Winner, the Writers Trust Award winner, new fictions from Atwood, Dewitt, Rushdie, Vermette and King. It is going to be a fantastic year of reading- enjoy!!!! This bookis ever the bridesmaid as it shortlisted for Writers Trust and the Booker - and it is SHORT! For the literary slower reader on ur list de Witt is a master storyteller evoking great characters that stay with readers long after they finish the last page. this book is for the bookish reader on your list. It is as much about reading as it is anything else. This is the family epic romance mystery for the reader on your list that wants to be absorbed by drama coloured with intrigue. This years’s Booker Prize Winner. Irish author. A must read to anyone who reads the latest and greatest! This N...

Book Recommendation

hey Niagara Falls, once the honeymoon capital of the world, is still a draw for millions of tourists. I love it that we soooooo outshine the US falls. The US falls serves simply as a look out to the MAJESTIC WATER FEATURE ON THE CANADIAN SIDE - yes, I shout it out - just like I brag that we burned down the Whitehouse once - it's true! Look it up! I just read a good book called The S aturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson. It takes place in Niagara Falls, Canada. Yup - it includes Clifton Hill and everything! It is a bildungsroman of a boy experiencing his 12th summer in - you guessed it - Niagara Falls! His uncle owns an "Occultorium" (a store that sells all things paranormal) on Clifton Hill and there is laughter, love, danger and, of course, ghosts. It is short - just over 200 pages - and the reading level isn't too elevated so I think everyone from teens to octogenarians will enjoy this one. I can't seem to shake these characters. A

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