Maggie Blackbird

Romancing Canada's Indigenous People

As of late, I’ve been enthralled by mountaineering. No, I’m not climbing mountains LOL. I’m living vicariously through the men and women who climb the world’s highest peaks in the coldest weather possible. So today, I’m reviewing my latest read, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s Highest Peaks by Ed Viesturs.

I’m a regular viewer of the YouTube channel Townsends, which is dedicated to Colonial America. It’s a very informative channel filled with stories, tutorials, and reenactments of life in the eighteenth century. They also have book recommendations, and when I saw The Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill, I made an immediate purchase to …

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I enjoy rock-n-roll memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies. Even though I’m not a Sum 41 fan, I couldn’t resist purchasing this book to read. I’m always fascinated by the lives of musicians and what gets them into the biz in the first place. So today I am reviewing Walking Disaster by Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley.