Bay of Spirits: A Love Story by Farley Mowat

A wonderful and interesting story about a specific time during the author's life. A love story about Mowat's wife, Newfoundland, and the animals he loved and worked to protect. I would have loved to have heard more about his children and how they coped - a bit of an incomplete story but that of course must be up to the author.

Inside by Kenneth J. Harvey

This was my first time reading this author from Newfoundland. The word that I associate with this read is definitely gripping. This is not a pleasant story. There are many insides here. The reader goes inside the character's mind. The character has just emerged from inside prison. He exists inside a particular environment and one gets the sense that there is no easy way out. We as readers enter inside the character's viewpoint - perspective - his life. What becomes gripping is, in a way, trying to get out. And so one reads inexorably on .... until we can finish the book. That seems to be the only way out.

I found this novel, as an experience, to be incredibly intriguing. I have read thousands of books and cannot think of another instance where I had quite this experience. Enjoyable? Not sure. An incredible read? Yes, very much so. A terrific write? For sure.