Book Reviews

Just Another Hat Trick
By Ross Brewitt
(Cartman Ross Publishing - $22)

By Johan Vass

When It Happens to You
Molly Ringwald (itbooks 2012, Hardcover) 237 pages, $24.99 cover price

By Hubert O'Hearn

Thunder Bay is well-represented among those in the running for this year’s ReLit Awards, which recognize Canadian authors published by independent Canadian presses.

The Blondes
By Emily Schultz (Doubleday Canada 2012, hardcover, 386 pages, $29.95 cover price)

By Hubert O’Hearn

Upon Reflection
By Ernest Grundy
Self-published ($22; 242 pages)

By Deborah De Bakker

Campfire Stories from Northwestern Ontario
By Shannon Robertson; Illustrated by Eric Bowen
Faery Flower Press (134 pages; $14)

By Deborah de Bakker

Rock & Roll Crash & Burn: The Driver Story — A Memoir
By Maureen Croissant Prairie (Fahrer Entertainment 2012, Trade Paperback) 259 pages, $19.99
By Hubert O’Hearn

By Holly Haggarty
I love summer reading. What can be more idyllic than stretching out on a lawn chair in the dappled shade of a tree, with a good book to read, nowhere to go (and no lawn to mow)?

How to Cook Everything: The Basics
By Mark Bittman
Wiley (485 pages; $42)

By Deborah de Bakker

Sheila Hurtig Robertson is quick not to compare herself to the 212 Canadian Olympic athletes who lost their opportunity to compete on the world’s biggest athletic stage 32 years ago.