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Book reviews of popular new releases from all genres of literature including fictio,. non-fiction, autobiographies, cookbooks and more. Also, includes interviews with local Toronto area authors.
TOtimes Books: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Tiffany Haddish – When he was about to present Tiffany Haddish with the Comedy Person of…
Caddyshack by Chris Nashawaty – Book review
Caddyshack – Comedy fans and golf enthusiasts alike will always have Harold Ramis’ way out 1980…
Chasing Hillary by Amy Choznick – Book review
Chasing Hillary by Amy Choznick – The story behind how and why Hillary Clinton lost the…
The Girl on the Velvet Swing by Simon Baatz – Book Review
The Girl on the Velvet Swing – During the Gilded Age in America, circa the late…
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff – Book review
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff – On the back of the dust jacket of Michael…
TOtimes Books: THE IMPROV by Budd Friedman
The Improv by Budd Friedman – Exactly 55 years ago, Budd Friedman, a former advertising executive…
Toronto hockey dad, Karl Subban ‘How We Did It’- Book review
Karl Subban – How We Did It by Karl Subban – Karl Subban certainly knows how…
TOtimes Books: 100 – A Century of NHL Memories
100: A Century of NHL Memories – This season marks the 100th anniversary of the founding…
Ken Dryden – Game Change / What have we learned?
Ken Dryden – Game Change – Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender who was part…
Fifty Years of 60 Minutes by Jeff Fager
Fifty Years of 60 Minutes – At 10 p.m., on the evening of Tuesday, September 24,…
Writing a Modern Whodunit in an Old Style – The Tidal Road Mystery
The Tidal Road Mystery – In the modern world of social and technological change, it often…
In the Name of Humanity by Max Wallace
In the Name of Humanity – About 20 years ago, when Montreal-born investigative journalist Max Wallace…
Toronto Billy Bishop Airport – Living Up To A Legend by Diana Bishop
Living Up To A Legend – It’s not always easy to live under the shadow of…
Great Conversations by Peter Anthony Holder
Peter Anthony Holder – I have known veteran Montreal broadcaster Peter Anthony Holder for over 30…
Al Franken – Giant of the Senate review
When I first heard of the title of Al Franken’s humourous political memoir “Giant of the…
Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin
Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin – You may know actor Alec Baldwin as CIA agent Jack Ryan,…
TOtimes Books: Steve McQueen – Le Mans in the Rearview Mirror
Steve McQueen – In the world of sports movies, there are at best a mere handful…
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s by Ray Kroc
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s – The story is part of American business lore.…
TOtimes Books: Beatles ‘66 the revolutionary year by Steve Turner
Everyone in their lifetime have their defining moments, that certain event or happening that forever changed…
TOtimes Books: Settle for More by Megyn Kelly
On August 6, 2015, the day of the fateful Republican presidential candidates’ debate in Cleveland in…
TOtimes Books: Top 8 books to read from 2016
Since 2008, the first Book Banter column of the new year always meant taking one last…
TOtimes Books: The Whistler by John Grisham
If you need a good read during the Christmas holidays, you can’t beat John Grisham’s latest…
TOtimes Books: TIPPI – A Memoir by Tippi Hedren
After reading actress Tippi Hedren’s recently-released memoir, you can’t help but get the impression that her…
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