The Page and Screen Book Club at North York Central Library is a mixture of book club and sitting back and watching movies. The premise is that the participants read the same book and watch the movie version at the meeting. The books were voted on by the Writer’s Group at […]
In Eoin Colfer’s sixth book, child prodigy Artemis Fowl’s adventure continues, with one difference. He’s not a child anymore. He is now actually seventeen years old, although technically, he’s only fourteen, due to the time he spent in limbo in the previous book. If you think that’s confusing, just try reading this book. Time travel […]
Mistress of the Sun is a novel set in France during the reign of King Louis. It follows the story of a young girl, Louise de la Valliere, known as Petite, as she grows from a young girl to a woman in the king’s court. The novel starts with six-year-old Louise. Even […]
This is a story about Amir, a young boy growing up in Afghanistan in the 1960s. He is the son of a wealthy businessman, and lives a privileged life in an affluent neighbourhood. However, he is not completely happy. Amir struggles to win his father’s affections, but always feels like he comes up […]
The Beaches Jazz Festival continues this weekend with the Streetfest and multiple artists performing at Kew Gardens. It starts on the 24th and goes the entire weekend. If the festival is anywhere as good as it was last year it should not be missed. Even if you aren’t a fan of jazz the streetfest should […]
Friday July 18th was set in many people’s agendas as the much-anticipated date for the release of The Dark Knight, the newest Batman film. For months, people watched the trailers and waited impatiently for the release. And it didn’t disappoint. In Dark Knight, Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, the […]
The Fringe festival celebrated it’s twentieth year this year and like a good wine it only gets better with age. The Fringe Festival happens in the summer at locations across downtown Toronto and is always one of the highlights of my year. This year was no exception. As a second year volunteer I already knew […]
If you are looking for a suspenseful read this summer, than take a look at Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. This book is passionate, intense and very hard to put down. I started it mid-morning and by that evening my eyes were flying across the words eager to see what would happen next. […]
Fight Club was the inspiration for the 1999 cult film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. It was also the novel that changed Chuck Palahniuk from an engineer for a freightliner to a bestselling novelist and cult-figure in popular culture (eventually). Fight Club is definitely not a book that I would recommend for younger readers […]
Every year, on the Canada Day long weekend, the Rotary Club of Etobicoke holds the annual Ribfest at Centennial Park. Each year, at this time, the Park is filled with tents and vendors, and even small carnival games and rides. There is the usual henna booths and fortune telling stalls, tents with […]