This was an unusual reading year for me, what with the arrival of Owen at New Year's and the subsequent months of not sleeping. Mid-January, as I continued to read four pages a day in the novel I started at Christmas, I set myself the goal of reading twelve books this year. At the...
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In the last week I've read 1165 pages of young-adult oppressive-dystopia reality-television-bashing coming-of-age revolution fiction.
The Hunger Games trilogy chronicles the tale of Katniss Everdeen, a teenager whose big heart, indomitable spirit and rage land her on the front lines of a fight to change a reality she never really thought to question.
It's sometime in...
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Hey, when you were a kid, did you ever feel compelled to seek legal advice? Or play golf?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
So you can imagine my confusion over why international bestselling author of legal thrillers John Grisham's new foray into kid lit has so far scored 3.35 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. Half...
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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 and spends...
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I didn't finish my novel last November, but I'm going to try very hard to finish one this November. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, get thee to the National Novel Writing Month website, stat).
This despite the nagging reality that, at mid-afternoon on November 1st, I have almost no idea what...
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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 is...
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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, the...
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