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I went on a journey, not knowing where to go.I first saw a tiger with a wound on his paw.I tried helping him, but he gave me a roarSo, I just kept going with a visible frown. A snake then saw what happened back there.She hissed and talked with great despair.“This is a dangerous road.…
Unexpectedly, we were hit like a hurricane without warning. We never would’ve guessed it, five years from we are standing.Within months, we changed and adapted, Like a snake that shed but never left its skin. Slowly, we transitioned into a new way of life.We never really liked it, but choice is out of the question.Boredom,…
Over the past two years, Janie Chang has become one of my favourite authors. (If you don’t believe me, check my Goodreads page – she’s on the list!) Each of her books transports the reader somewhere magical and, in our current global climate, I’ve never needed that healthy dose of magic more. I started reading…
2019 has been an incredible year for books and I read some pretty amazing books and some not so amazing ones as well. I read over 165 books and I narrowed that list down to eleven of my favourites and five of my least favourites. Some of my favourite books have already been discussed but…
The Girl on the Train – a simple everyday journey that takes a turn for the worst into a tale of drunk dialing, anger and frustration, and a woman gone missing. The novel begins with three storytellers: Rachel, Megan, and Anna. Rachel fell into hard times when her marriage with Tom failed as he left…
From the first chapter of The Grimoire of Kensington Market, I knew I was going to love this book. To start, the story is based in Toronto, which is such a beautiful city; secondly, like most authors included in the Lorenzo Reading Series, the author is Canadian. I don’t generally focus on where the authors…
Did you have an “I Want to Believe” poster on your wall? You know, the one with the blurred image of a flying saucer floating over a forest – the one that hangs in Fox Mulder’s office in the basement of the FBI in The X-Files? If so, Craig Davidson’s The Saturday Night Ghost Club…
Anyone who prefers reading short stories or wants some light reading should try out Cli-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change edited by Lorenzo Reading Series alumnus Bruce Meyer. A great thing about this book is that it is Canadian, so all the stories are based in familiar places like Toronto and Vancouver; some of the…
2019 has been, without a doubt, the Year of Elton John. He has been playing sold-out shows all over the world following the kickoff of his massive farewell tour; his biopic Rocketman was released to critical acclaim over the summer; and now his tell-all memoir, Me, is flying off shelves faster than bookstores can stock…
In the summer of 2019, Lorenzo Review photographer Emily Mifsud took a trip to Iceland. The photos that came out of that trip are positively breathtaking. To see more of Emily’s photography, check out her previous Lorenzo Review features here. You can also follow her on Instagram.