An uncomfortable, riveting, beautifully written novel about a schizophrenic teenager named Will, his mother, and the detective looking for Will after he went off his meds and on the lam in the New York City subway system in search of the girl he believes will help him save the world from global warming. I...
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I was skeptical about The Book of Fires. It’s the first non-”women’s fiction” review title I received from Penguin Canada, and my experiences with women’s lit had left a bad taste in my mouth. So although I was promised a great book, I didn’t have the most open mind going into it. The story...
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Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear My rating: 4 of 5 stars Darwin’s Radio might be the most engaging sci-fi book I’ve read in months or possibly years. Although I had to fight my inclination to edit the book as I read (Bear gives lots of extraneous details that hinder rather than help, and has...
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The Echo Maker: A Novel by Richard Powers My rating: 1 of 5 stars I couldn’t finish this slow, overly descriptive, not-at-all intriguing, boring novel. It was a book-club pick and only two people finished it, one kicking and screaming. The book is about a man in his mid-20s who’s in a car accident...
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A couple of months ago, Penguin Canada put out a call for bloggers interested in receiving advance copies of upcoming releases. I signed up and a couple of weeks ago received my first two review copies. I might not get through one, but here’s what I think about the other. The Girl Next Door...
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Last night our book club discussed Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje. I finished the book a few weeks ago and spent the time since anticipating the discussion. I had high hopes—I needed to figure out what to think about the book and I wasn’t getting anywhere on my own. Although I won’t give story spoilers,...
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In the last four days I have read a thousand pages of teen vampire drama-romance. And I didn’t even call in sick for work. I frankly don’t know how I managed it (a full day of traveling back to Vancouver from Oklahoma yesterday certainly helped). Annette asked me what I thought of Twilight, and...
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