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#GOTransitReaders! Help us choose our next pick
Our first area-wide bookclub for the #GOTransit system has been a tremendous success. We had a great turnout to read “The Perfect Marriage” by Jeneva Rose. This twisty thriller truly captivated our commuters!
Now it’s time to choose our next book for readers in the Golden Horseshoe Toronto area. Our July pick will only be available to read free for the month of July so we’ve chosen three bingeworthy books from our good friends at Dundurn Press:
Yume
A captivating fantasy novel about demons, dreams, and a young woman teaching English in Japan.
Cybelle teaches English in a small city in Japan, where yokai feast and cavort as the barrier between their world and the human world thins. Zaniel spends his nights walking the dream world and serving his demon “bodyguard,” Akki, when a new yokai on the scene gets on Akki’s bad side. When Cybelle gets caught up in the supernatural clash, she has to figure out what is real and, more importantly, what she really wants, before her life spirals out of control.
Author: Sifton Tracey Anipare is a Ghanaian Canadian writer who lived and taught in Japan for four years and now lives in Toronto. She loves video games, bubble tea, and Japanese coffee mixes, and is an avid collector of stickers and stamps.
Review: [A] cinematic and terrifying story about a collision of cultures and the human urge for connection. ~ Helen Walsh, 49th Shelf
The Day She Died
After a traumatic head injury, Eve questions every memory and motive in this mind-bending psychological thriller.
Recovering from a near-fatal accident, Eve Gold is determined to return to the life she’s always wanted. But brain damage leaves her forgetful, confused, and tortured by repressed memories of a deeply troubled childhood, where her innocence was stolen one lie — and one suspicious death — at a time. Eve must choose between clinging to the lies that helped her survive her childhood and unearthing secrets she buried long ago.
Author: S.M. Freedman is the author of The Faithful and Impact Winter and is a former private investigator.
Review: A gripping journey that will have you thinking about death, memory, and the fluidity of time. ~ Bookish
The Rebellious Tide
Sebastien’s search for his father leads him to a ship harbouring a dangerous secret.
Sebastien’s father Kostas, commanding officer of a luxury liner sailing the Mediterranean, abandoned his pregnant mother 30 years ago. When she dies, Sebastien becomes obsessed with finding an explanation. Posing as crew, Sebastien becomes entangled in a revolt against the officers and uncovers a disturbing secret his father has hidden that will force him to confront everything he’s always wondered and feared about his own identity.
Author: Eddy Boudel Tan writes stories that uncover how strange and extraordinary life can be His debut novel, After Elias, was released in 2020.
Review: Sexual and cultural identities are explored in a novel that doesn’t close its eyes to the darkness, even as it celebrates a world that is vast and filled with adventure. ~ Quill & Quire
If you’re part of our #GOTransitReads community, you can weigh in on the choice here until June 28th!
